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1 online resource (xiv, 384 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Environmental science and engineering. Environmental science |
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Environmental science and engineering (Springer (Firm)). Environmental science.
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| Contents |
Cover13; -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- to 1 Crop Responses to Elevated Carbon Dioxide and Temperature -- Mirwais M. Qaderi and David M. Reid -- to 2 Climate Change, Climate Variability and Indian Agriculture: Impacts Vulnerability and Adaptation Strategies -- Shakeel A. Khan, Sanjeev Kumar, M.Z. Hussain and N. Kalra -- to 3 Simulation Studies to Characterize the Impact of Climate Change on Crop Production and to Identify Strategies for Adaptation and Mitigation -- P. Krishnan, B. Ramakrishnan, K.S. Rao and R.N. Dash -- to 4 Response of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) to Increasing Temperature and Atmospheric CO2 -- S.V.K. Jagadish and Madan Pal -- to 5 Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Fluxes from Cropland Soils -- Climate Opportunities and Threats -- Pete Falloon, Pete Smith, Richard Betts, Chris D. Jones, Jo Smith, Deborah Hemming and Andy Challinor -- to 6 Greenhouse Gases from Crop Fields -- Zhengqin Xiong and M.A.K. Khalil -- to 7 Environmental Parameters Influencing the Methane Emissions in the Pantanal Floodplain, Brazil -- P.C. Alval225; and L. Marani -- to 8 Nitrous Oxide Emission from Crop Fields and Its Role in Atmospheric Radiative Forcing -- Deepanjan Majumdar -- to 9 Quantifying Direct N2O Emissions from Paddy Fields During Rice Growing Season in Mainland China in 1980s and 1990s -- Jianwen Zou, Yao Huang and Yanyu Lu -- to 10 Impacts of Ground-Level Ozone on Crop Production in a Changing Climate -- K. Vandermeiren, H. Harmens, G. Mills and L. De Temmerman -- to 11 Ozone-Induced Changes in Plant Secondary Metabolism -- Marcello Iriti and Franco Faoro -- to 12 Crop Responses to Enhanced UV-B Radiation -- B. Breznik, M. Germ, I. Kreft and A. Gaber353;cik -- to 13 Physiological Responses of Higher Plants to UV-B Radiation -- Ivanka S. Fedina and Maya Y. Velitchkova -- to 14 Possibility of Water Management for Mitigating Total Emission of Greenhouse Gases from Irrigated Paddy Fields -- Kazunori Minamikawa and Kazuyuki Yagi -- to 15 Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emission from Agriculture -- T.K. Adhya, P.D. Sharma and A. Kumar Gogoi -- to 16 Attenuating Methane Emission from Paddy Fields -- S.N. Singh, Larisha Tyagi and Sadhna Tiwari -- Index |
| Summary |
Climate change is directly linked to the human activities, according to the Fourth Assessment Report of IPCC (2007). In last two decades of 20th Century, accelerated anthropogenic activities pushed up the atmospheric abundance of greenhouse gases, mainly CO2, CH4, and N2O, alarmingly which enhanced the radiative forcing of the Earth's surface and thus perturbed its heat radiation balance. As a consequence, atmospheric characteristics, such as temperature, rainfall pattern, levels of CO2 and O3 have changed significantly, affecting the farm productivity. Although rising level of CO2 may have fertilizing effect on C3 crops, but concomitant rise in atmospheric temperature, O3 level and extreme weather conditions can not only nullify the fertilizing effect of CO2, but also drastically reduce the crop production, threatening food security to burgeoning world population. Agricultural crops are not only victim of climate variability and extreme whether conditions, but also serve as a potential source of CH4 and N2O. Therefore, in changed scenario, Kyoto Protocol (1997) has sought all signatory developed nations to cut down their emission levels as per their differential commitments to UNFCCC and developing nations to invest in less carbon emission projects to avert the process of global warming process. In this context, the present edition, which compiles latest findings of studies carried out by the scientists on climate change and crops around the world, serves as a ready reckoner to crop scientists, atmospheric scientists, ecologists, environmentalists, research scholars and post- graduate students to update their knowledge and understanding on this issue |
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Agricultural crops |
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Climate change (Anthropogenic) |
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Crop yields |
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Food supply |
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Overseas item |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
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Crops and climate.
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Climatic changes
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Crop yields.
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Food supply -- Environmental aspects
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Climate Change
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climate change.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Agribusiness.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Sustainable Agriculture.
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Crop yields.
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Food supply -- Environmental aspects.
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Crops and climate.
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Climatic changes.
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Sciences de la terre.
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Environnement.
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Climatic changes
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Crop yields
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Crops and climate
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Food supply -- Environmental aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Singh, S. N., Dr.
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| LC no. |
2009920222 |
| ISBN |
9783540882466 |
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3540882464 |
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