Abiotic Stress Management for Resilient Agriculture
This book offers a state-of-the-art overview of on abiotic stresses in terms of the challenges; scope and opportunities; copping strategies for adaptation and mitigation using novel tools for building resilience in agricultural crops and livestock; as wel
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Abiotic Stress Management for Resilient Agriculture
Paramjit Singh Minhas • Jagadish Rane Ratna Kumar Pasala Editors
Abiotic Stress Management for Resilient Agriculture
Editors Paramjit Singh Minhas National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management Indian Council for Agricultural Research Baramati, Maharashtra, India
Jagadish Rane National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management Indian Council for Agricultural Research Baramati, Maharashtra, India
Ratna Kumar Pasala National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management Indian Council for Agricultural Research Baramati, Maharashtra, India
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Foreword
The global agriculture production has undergone drastic changes in recent years and is being seriously limited by various abiotic stresses. The Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) revealed that by 2020 there could be a decline of agricultural yields of up to 50% in some countries in Africa as a result of climate change and variability. Moreover, a number of edaphic stresses, including chemical (nutrient deficiencies, excess of soluble salts, salinity, alkalinity), physical (high susceptibility to erosion, steep slopes, shallow soils, surface crusting and sealing, low water-holding capacity, impeded drainage, low structural stability, root restricting layer, high swell/shrink potential) and biological (low or high
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