Sustainable
Crop Productivity and Quality under Climate Change: Responses of Crop Plants to
Climate Change explores the physiological, biochemical, and molecular basis of
the responses of major crop plants to a range of climate change scenarios. From
the development of climate-resilient crop varieties which lead to enhanced crop
productivity and quality to better utilization of natural resources to ensure
food security through modern breeding techniques, it presents insights into
improving yield while securing the environment. Understanding the impact of
climate on crop quality and production is a key challenge of crop science. Predicted
increases in climate variability necessitate crop varieties with intrinsic
resilience to cooccurring abiotic stresses such as heat, drought, and flooding
in a future climate of elevated CO2. This book presents a much-needed
mechanistic understanding of the interactions between multiple stress responses
of plants that is required to identify and take advantage of acclimation traits
in major crop species as a prerequisite for securing robust yield and good
quality. This book is an excellent reference for crop and agricultural
scientists, plant scientists, and researchers working on crop plant
ecophysiology/stress physiology and future crop production.