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Improvement of Crops in the Era of Climatic Changes - Volume 1 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)
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Improvement of Crops in the Era of Climatic Changes - Volume 1 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)
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Current trends in population growth hint that global food
production is unlikely to gratify future demands under predicted
climate change scenarios unless the rates of crop improvement are
accelerated. Crop production faces numerous challenges, due to
changing environmental conditions and evolving needs for new
plant-derived materials. These challenges come at a time when the
plant sciences are witnessing remarkable progress in understanding
fundamental processes of plant growth and development. Drought,
heat, cold and salinity are among the major abiotic stresses that
often cause a series of morphological, physiological, biochemical
and molecular alterations which adversely affect plant growth,
development and productivity, consequently posing a serious
challenge for sustainable food production in large parts of the
world, particularly in emerging countries. This emphasizes the
urgency of finding better ways to translate new advances in plant
science into concrete successes in agricultural production. To
overcome the pessimistic influence of abiotic stresses and to
maintain the food security in the face of these challenges, new,
improved and tolerant crop varieties, contemporary breeding
techniques, and cavernous understanding of the mechanisms that
counteract detrimental climate changes are indubitably needed to
sustain the requisite food supply. In this context, Improvement of
Crops in the Era of Climatic Changes, Volume 1 provides a
state-of-the-art guide to recent developments that aid in the
understanding of plant responses to abiotic stresses and lead to
new horizons vis-a-vis prime strategies for translating current
research into applied solutions to create strong yields and overall
crop improvement under such unfavourable environments. Written by a
diverse group of internationally famed scholars, Improvement of
Crops in the Era of Climatic Changes, Volume 1 is a brief yet
all-inclusive resource that is immensely advantageous for
researchers, students, environmentalists, soil scientists,
professionals, and many others in the quest of advancement in this
flourishing field of research.
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