Crop Responses to Global Warming
The monograph entitled “Crop responses to Global warming” describes the normal historical shifts in the earth’s atmospheric temperature and weighs the evidence concerning anthropogenic induced changes in the level of temperature. The unprecedented i
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Crop Responses to Global Warming
Dinesh Chandra Uprety • V.R. Reddy
Crop Responses to Global Warming
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Dinesh Chandra Uprety Plant Physiology Division Indian Agricultural Research Institute New Delhi, India
V.R. Reddy Change Laboratory (CSGCL) Crop Systems and Global Change Laboratory (CSGCL) Beltsville, MD, USA
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Foreword
Global warming is the change in atmospheric temperature of the earth due to exponential rise of CO2 and other greenhouse gases caused by anthropogenic and other activities. Rising temperatures are influencing various systems on the earth, including agriculture. In fact, global warming has a direct bearing on crops, food chains and production cycles in terms of marked changes on growth and yield processes of crops, insect and pest incidences, epidemics and increasing demands for irrigation resources. The impact assessment analysis of global warming has attracted the attention of the international scientific community. Recently India has set ambitious targets under its Intended National Determined Contributions (INDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by extending its significant role in building additional carbon sinks. As evident in the context of India where an agro-based economy prevails, the direct impact of climate change jeopardizes the national food security. Global warming is taking a toll on our rich and diverse food systems. Reports indicate that the steep rise in temperature since 1980 has led to reduction in yields of staple crops offsetting gains even from improved farm practices, which has
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