This book comprehensively addresses the impact of climate change on crop productivity and approaches to adapt to both biotic and abiotic stresses as well as approaches to reduce greenhouse gases. The predictions of climate change and its impact on crop productivity, adaptation to biotic and abiotic stresses through crop breeding, sustainable and resource-conserving technologies for adaptation to and mitigation of climate change and new tools for enhancing crop adaptation to climate change are also discussed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Adapting crops to climate change : a summary / Matthew P. Reynolds and Rodomiro Ortiz -- Scenarios of climate change within the context of agriculture / Andy Jarvis, Julian Ramirez, Ben Anderson, Christoph Leibning and Pramod Aggarwal -- Economic impacts of climate change on agriculture to 2030 / David Lobell and Marshall Burke -- Preventing potential disease and pest epidemics under a changing climate / Anne Legréve and Etieen Duveiller -- Breeding for adaptation to heat and drought stress / Matthew P. Reynolds, Dirk Hays and Scott Chapman -- Breeding crops for tolerance to salinity, waterlogging and inundation / Daniel J. Mullan and Edward G. Barrett-Lennard -- Multi-location testing as a tool to identify plant response to global climate change / Hans-Joachim Braun, Gary Atlin and Thomas Payne -- Genetic approaches to reduce greenhouse gas emissions : increasing carbon capture and decreasing environmental impact / Martin A.J. Parry and Malcom J. Hawkesford -- Greenhouse gas mitigation in the main cereal systems : rice, wheat and maize / Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio, Reiner Wassmann, Bram Govaerts, Yasukazu Hosen, Nobuko Katayanagi and Nele Verhulst -- How conservation agriculture can contribute to buffering climate change / Peter R. Hobbs and Bram Govaerts -- Management of resident soil microbial community structure and function to suppress soilborne disease development / Mark Mazzola -- Biotechnology in agriculture / Ryan Whiford, Michael Gilbert and Peter Langridge -- GIS and crop simulation modelling applications in climate change research / David Hodson and Jeffrey White -- Statistical models for studying and understanding genotype x environment interaction in an era of climate change and increased genetic information / José Crossa, Juan Burgueño and Mateo Vargas.

Access limited to subscribing institution.

Also available in print format.

Title from PDF title page (viewed August 9, 2013).