Plant Genomics and Climate Change

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Edwards, David (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Batley, Jacqueline (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Climate change.; Plant ecology.; Plant anatomy.; Plant development.; Plant genetics.; Plant breeding.; Life Sciences.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Plant Ecology.; Plant Anatomy/Development.

This book explores the impact of climate change on agriculture and our future ability to produce the crops which are the foundation of the human diet. The sustainability of agriculture is being challenged by climate change and rising food demand from a larger and wealthier human population. Humanity...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The Impact of Climate Change on Agricultural Crops
• The Impacts of Extreme Climatic Events on Wild Plant Populations
• Control of Arable Crop Pathogens; Climate Change Mitigation, Impacts and Adaptation
• Transcriptomics and Genetics Associated with Plant Responses to Elevated Co2 Atmospheric Concentrations
• Genomics of Drought
• Genomics of Temperature Stress
• Genes, meet Gases: The Role of Plant Nutrition and Genomics in Addressing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• The Impact of Genomics Technology on Adapting Plants to Climate Change
• Genomics of Salinity.