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Climate and plant distribution / F. I. Woodward
Climate and plant distribution / F. I. Woodward
Autore Woodward, F. I.
Edizione [1. ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] : Cambridge University Press, 1987
Descrizione fisica xi, 174 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Disciplina 581.9
Collana Cambridge studies in ecology
Soggetto topico Phytogeography
Vegetation and climate
ISBN 0521237661
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNISALENTO-991003447359707536
Woodward, F. I.  
Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] : Cambridge University Press, 1987
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Climate change and wildlife health [[electronic resource] ] : direct and indirect effects / / [by Erik Hofmeister ... [and others]] ; U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center
Climate change and wildlife health [[electronic resource] ] : direct and indirect effects / / [by Erik Hofmeister ... [and others]] ; U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center
Autore Hofmeister Erik
Edizione [Revised 2012.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa [Reston, Va.] : , : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , [2010]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (4 unnumbered pages) : color illustrations, color maps
Altri autori (Persone) HofmeisterErik
Collana Fact sheet
Soggetto topico Climatic changes
Animals - Climatic factors
Vegetation and climate
Wildlife management - Forecasting
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Altri titoli varianti Climate change and wildlife health
Record Nr. UNINA-9910697076403321
Hofmeister Erik  
[Reston, Va.] : , : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , [2010]
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Climate change in the Midwest [[electronic resource] ] : impacts, risks, vulnerability, and adaptation / / edited by S.C. Pryor
Climate change in the Midwest [[electronic resource] ] : impacts, risks, vulnerability, and adaptation / / edited by S.C. Pryor
Pubbl/distr/stampa Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (349 p.)
Disciplina 363.738/740977
Altri autori (Persone) PryorS. C. <1967->
Soggetto topico Climatic changes - Middle West
Climatic changes - Environmental aspects - Middle West
Climatic changes - Risk assessment - Middle West
Plants - Effect of global warming on - Middle West
Vegetation and climate
Water levels - Great Lakes (North America)
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-283-88949-8
0-253-00774-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1 Climate Change Impacts, Risks, Vulnerability, and Adaptation: An Introduction; 2 The Midwestern United States: Socioeconomic Context and Physical Climate; 3 Vulnerability and Adaptability of Agricultural Systems in the Southeast United States to Climate Variability and Climate Change; 4 Uncertainty and Hysteresis in Adapting to Global Climate Change; 5 Climate-Agriculture Vulnerability Assessment for the Midwestern United States
6 Potential Future Impacts of Climate on Row Crop Production in the Great Lakes Region7 Vulnerability of Soil Carbon Reservoirs in the Midwest to Climate Change; 8 Michigan's Tart Cherry Industry: Vulnerability to Climate Variability and Change; 9 Climate Change Vulnerability and Impacts on Human Health; 10 Intra-Urban Variations in Vulnerability Associated with Extreme Heat Events in Relationship to a Changing Climate; 11 Historical and Projected Changes in Human Heat Stress in the Midwestern United States
12 Vulnerability of the Electricity and Water Sectors to Climate Change in the Midwest13 The Drought Risk Management Paradigm in the Context of Climate Change; 14 Local Adaptation to Changing Flood Vulnerability in the Midwest; 15 The Response of Great Lakes Water Levels and Potential Impacts of Future Climate Scenarios; 16 Vulnerability of the Energy System to Extreme Wind Speeds and Icing; 17 Climate Change Impacts, Risks, Vulnerability, and Adaptation in the Midwestern United States: What Next?; List of Contributors; Index
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Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013
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Climate change in the Midwest [[electronic resource] ] : impacts, risks, vulnerability, and adaptation / / edited by S.C. Pryor
Climate change in the Midwest [[electronic resource] ] : impacts, risks, vulnerability, and adaptation / / edited by S.C. Pryor
Pubbl/distr/stampa Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (349 p.)
Disciplina 363.738/740977
Altri autori (Persone) PryorS. C. <1967->
Soggetto topico Climatic changes - Middle West
Climatic changes - Environmental aspects - Middle West
Climatic changes - Risk assessment - Middle West
Plants - Effect of global warming on - Middle West
Vegetation and climate
Water levels - Great Lakes (North America)
ISBN 1-283-88949-8
0-253-00774-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1 Climate Change Impacts, Risks, Vulnerability, and Adaptation: An Introduction; 2 The Midwestern United States: Socioeconomic Context and Physical Climate; 3 Vulnerability and Adaptability of Agricultural Systems in the Southeast United States to Climate Variability and Climate Change; 4 Uncertainty and Hysteresis in Adapting to Global Climate Change; 5 Climate-Agriculture Vulnerability Assessment for the Midwestern United States
6 Potential Future Impacts of Climate on Row Crop Production in the Great Lakes Region7 Vulnerability of Soil Carbon Reservoirs in the Midwest to Climate Change; 8 Michigan's Tart Cherry Industry: Vulnerability to Climate Variability and Change; 9 Climate Change Vulnerability and Impacts on Human Health; 10 Intra-Urban Variations in Vulnerability Associated with Extreme Heat Events in Relationship to a Changing Climate; 11 Historical and Projected Changes in Human Heat Stress in the Midwestern United States
12 Vulnerability of the Electricity and Water Sectors to Climate Change in the Midwest13 The Drought Risk Management Paradigm in the Context of Climate Change; 14 Local Adaptation to Changing Flood Vulnerability in the Midwest; 15 The Response of Great Lakes Water Levels and Potential Impacts of Future Climate Scenarios; 16 Vulnerability of the Energy System to Extreme Wind Speeds and Icing; 17 Climate Change Impacts, Risks, Vulnerability, and Adaptation in the Midwestern United States: What Next?; List of Contributors; Index
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Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013
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Climate change in the Midwest : impacts, risks, vulnerability, and adaptation / / edited by S.C. Pryor
Climate change in the Midwest : impacts, risks, vulnerability, and adaptation / / edited by S.C. Pryor
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (349 p.)
Disciplina 363.738/740977
Altri autori (Persone) PryorS. C. <1967->
Soggetto topico Climatic changes - Middle West
Climatic changes - Environmental aspects - Middle West
Climatic changes - Risk assessment - Middle West
Plants - Effect of global warming on - Middle West
Vegetation and climate
Water levels - Great Lakes (North America)
ISBN 1-283-88949-8
0-253-00774-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1 Climate Change Impacts, Risks, Vulnerability, and Adaptation: An Introduction; 2 The Midwestern United States: Socioeconomic Context and Physical Climate; 3 Vulnerability and Adaptability of Agricultural Systems in the Southeast United States to Climate Variability and Climate Change; 4 Uncertainty and Hysteresis in Adapting to Global Climate Change; 5 Climate-Agriculture Vulnerability Assessment for the Midwestern United States
6 Potential Future Impacts of Climate on Row Crop Production in the Great Lakes Region7 Vulnerability of Soil Carbon Reservoirs in the Midwest to Climate Change; 8 Michigan's Tart Cherry Industry: Vulnerability to Climate Variability and Change; 9 Climate Change Vulnerability and Impacts on Human Health; 10 Intra-Urban Variations in Vulnerability Associated with Extreme Heat Events in Relationship to a Changing Climate; 11 Historical and Projected Changes in Human Heat Stress in the Midwestern United States
12 Vulnerability of the Electricity and Water Sectors to Climate Change in the Midwest13 The Drought Risk Management Paradigm in the Context of Climate Change; 14 Local Adaptation to Changing Flood Vulnerability in the Midwest; 15 The Response of Great Lakes Water Levels and Potential Impacts of Future Climate Scenarios; 16 Vulnerability of the Energy System to Extreme Wind Speeds and Icing; 17 Climate Change Impacts, Risks, Vulnerability, and Adaptation in the Midwestern United States: What Next?; List of Contributors; Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910819372103321
Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013
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Creating resilient landscapes in an era of climate change : global case studies and real-world solutions / / Amin Rastandeh and Meghann Jarchow
Creating resilient landscapes in an era of climate change : global case studies and real-world solutions / / Amin Rastandeh and Meghann Jarchow
Edizione [1 ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa London, UK ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, , [2022]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (295 pages)
Disciplina 577.5/5 |2 23
Collana Routledge Studies in Conservation and the Environment
Soggetto topico Landscape ecology
Vegetation and climate
Biodiversity - Climatic factors
ISBN 1-00-326644-4
1-003-26644-4
1-000-82294-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Landscape resilience in the face of climate change: A call to transition from despair to hope -- 2 Multifunctional land consolidations in Denmark: Rethinking the pattern of landownership to create resilient future landscapes -- 3 Resilient food production - resilient landscapes: The role of heterogeneity and scale -- 4 Redeveloping relationships with landscapes for food, water, and energy self-sufficiency in Southeastern South Dakota, USA -- 5 A social perennial vision for the North American Great Plains rooted in the resilience of a natural system-inspired agriculture -- 6 Resilient food systems in the context of intersectional discrimination: Successful strategies of women and Indigenous Peoples in Mesoamerica -- 7 Ecological intensification in grasslands for resilience and ecosystem services: The case of beef production systems on the Campos Grasslands of South America -- 8 How does gardening reduce vulnerability for the urban poor in Small Island Developing States? A case study of Port Vila, Vanuatu -- 9 The case of the Khayelitsha Wetlands Park, South Africa: Securing biodiversity and social benefits from urban greenspace -- 10 Green infrastructure in Hornsby, NSW: A collaborative method toward landscape resilience -- 11 Satoyama landscapes: Creating resilient socio-ecological production landscapes in Japan -- 12 Shifting concepts of urban landscape in Helsinki: From primary forests to high tech nature-based solutions -- 13 Traditional nature-based architecture and landscape design: Lessons from Samoa and Wider Oceania -- 14 Estimation of spatiotemporal variation in potential ecosystem services: A case study of Aydın, Turkey.
15 Scenario-based thinking to negotiate coastal squeeze of ecosystems: Green, blue, grey and hybrid infrastructures for climate adaptation and resilience -- 16 Utilization of forest landscapes for biodiversity conservation in a Mediterranean ecosystem: A case study of Greece -- 17 Creating resilient landscapes: From a hopeful vision to a long-lasting existence -- Index.
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London, UK ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, , [2022]
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Evapotranspiration measurements of native vegetation, Owens Valley, California, June 1986 / / edited by David H. Wilson, Robert J. Reginato, and Kenneth J. Hollett
Evapotranspiration measurements of native vegetation, Owens Valley, California, June 1986 / / edited by David H. Wilson, Robert J. Reginato, and Kenneth J. Hollett
Autore Wilson Dave
Pubbl/distr/stampa Sacramento, California : , : U.S. Geological Survey, , 1992
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (viii, 83 pages) : illustrations, map
Collana Water-resources investigations report
Soggetto topico Evapotranspiration - California - Owens Valley - Measurement
Water-supply - California - Owens Valley
Vegetation and climate - California - Owens Valley
Hydrologic cycle
Evapotranspiration - Measurement
Vegetation and climate
Water-supply
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910715947903321
Wilson Dave  
Sacramento, California : , : U.S. Geological Survey, , 1992
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Fire and rain [[electronic resource] ] : how the destruction of tropical forests is fueling climate change : hearing before the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, February 14, 2008
Fire and rain [[electronic resource] ] : how the destruction of tropical forests is fueling climate change : hearing before the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, February 14, 2008
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2010
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (iii, 67 pages)
Soggetto topico Deforestation - Tropics
Global warming - Tropics
Deforestation - Environmental aspects
Vegetation and climate
Climatic changes
Environmental policy - United States
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Altri titoli varianti Fire and rain
Record Nr. UNINA-9910703059103321
Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2010
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Global climate change and plant stress management / / edited by Mohammad Wahid Ansari, Anil Kumar Singh and Narendra Tuteja
Global climate change and plant stress management / / edited by Mohammad Wahid Ansari, Anil Kumar Singh and Narendra Tuteja
Edizione [First edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : Wiley, , [2023]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (462 pages)
Disciplina 581.35
Soggetto topico Plant genetics
Plants - Effect of stress on - Genetic aspects
Plants - Metabolism
Vegetation and climate
Soggetto non controllato Botany
Science
ISBN 1-119-85855-0
1-119-85853-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Author Biographies -- Part 1 Views and Visions -- Chapter 1 Boosting Resilience of Global Crop Production Through Sustainable Stress Management -- References -- Chapter 2 Sustaining Food Security Under Changing Stress Environment -- References -- Chapter 3 Crop Improvement Under Climate Change -- 3.1 Crop Diversity to Mitigate Climate Change -- 3.2 Technology to Mitigate Climate Change -- 3.3 Farm Practices to Mitigate Climate Change -- 3.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 Reactive Nitrogen in Climate Change, Crop Stress, and Sustainable Agriculture: A Personal Journey -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Reactive Nitrogen in Climate Change, Agriculture, and Beyond -- 4.3 Nitrogen, Climate, and Planetary Boundaries of Sustainability -- 4.4 Emerging Global Response and India's Leadership in It -- 4.5 Regional and Global Partnerships for Effective Interventions -- 4.6 Building Crop NUE Paradigm Amidst Growing Focus on Stress -- 4.7 From NUE Phenotype to Genotype in Rice -- 4.8 Furthering the Research and Policy Agenda -- References -- Part 2 Climate Change: Global Impact -- Chapter 5 Climate-Resilient Crops for CO2 Rich-Warmer Environment: Opportunities and Challenges -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Climate Change Trend and Abiotic Stress: Yield Losses Due to Major Climate Change Associated Stresses Heat, Drought and Their Combination -- 5.3 Update on Crop Improvement Strategies Under Changing Climate -- 5.3.1 Advances in Breeding and Genomics -- 5.3.2 Advances in Phenomics and High Throughput Platforms -- 5.3.3 Non-destructive Phenotyping to Exploit Untapped Potential of Natural Genetic Diversity -- 5.4 Exploiting Climate-Smart Cultivation Practices -- 5.5 CO2-Responsive C3 Crops for Future Environment -- 5.6 Conclusion -- References.
Chapter 6 Potential Push of Climate Change on Crop Production, Crop Adaptation, and Possible Strategies to Mitigate This -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Influence of Climate Change on the Yield of Plants -- 6.3 Crop Adaptation in Mitigating Extreme Climatic Stresses -- 6.4 Factors That Limit Crop Development -- 6.5 Influence of Climate Change on Plants' Morphobiochemical and Physiological Processes -- 6.6 Responses of Plant Hormones in Abiotic Stresses -- 6.7 Approaches to Combat Climate Changes -- 6.7.1 Cultural Methodologies -- 6.7.2 Conventional Techniques -- 6.7.3 Strategies Concerned with Genetics and Genomics -- 6.7.4 Strategies of Genome Editing -- 6.7.5 Involvement of CRISPR/Cas9 -- 6.8 Conclusions -- Conflict of Interest Statement -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 7 Agrifood and Climate Change: Impact, Mitigation, and Adaptation Strategies -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Causes of Climate Change -- 7.2.1 Greenhouse Gases -- 7.2.2 Fossil Fuel Combustion -- 7.2.3 Deforestation -- 7.2.4 Agricultural Expansion -- 7.3 Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture -- 7.3.1 Crop Productivity -- 7.3.2 Disease Development -- 7.3.3 Plant Responses to Climate Change -- 7.3.4 Livestock -- 7.3.5 Agriculture Economy -- 7.4 Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change -- 7.4.1 Climate-Smart Cultural Practices -- 7.4.2 Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies -- 7.4.3 Stress-Tolerant Varieties -- 7.4.4 Precision Management of Nutrients -- 7.4.5 Forestry and Agroforestry -- 7.5 Conclusions and Future Prospects -- References -- Chapter 8 Dynamic Photosynthetic Apparatus in Plants Combats Climate Change -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Climate Change and Photosynthetic Apparatus -- 8.3 Engineered Dynamic Photosynthetic Apparatus -- 8.4 Conclusion and Prospects -- References.
Chapter 9 CRISPR/Cas Enables the Remodeling of Crops for Sustainable Climate-Smart Agriculture and Nutritional Security -- 9.1 Introduction: CRISPR/Cas Facilitated Remodeling of Crops -- 9.2 Impact of Climate Changes on Agriculture and Food Supply -- 9.3 Nutritionally Secure Climate-Smart Crops -- 9.4 Novel Game Changing Genome-Editing Approaches -- 9.4.1 Knockout-Based Approach -- 9.4.2 Knock-in-Based Approach -- 9.4.3 Activation or Repression-Based Approach -- 9.5 Genome Editing for Crop Enhancement: Ushering Towards Green Revolution 2.0 -- 9.5.1 Mitigation of Abiotic Stress -- 9.5.2 Alleviation of Biotic Stress -- 9.5.3 Biofortification -- 9.6 Harnessing the Potential of NGS and ML for Crop Design Target -- 9.7 Does CRISPR/Cas Address the Snag of Genome Editing? -- 9.8 Edited Plant Code: Security Risk Assessment -- 9.9 Conclusion: Food Security on the Verge of Climate change -- References -- Part 3 Socioeconomic Aspects of Climate Change -- Chapter 10 Perspective of Evolution of the C4 Plants to Develop Climate Designer C4 Rice as a Strategy for Abiotic Stress Management -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 How Did Plants Evolve to the C4 System? -- 10.2.1 Gene Amplification and Modification -- 10.2.2 Anatomical Preconditioning -- 10.2.3 Increase in Bundle Sheath Organelles -- 10.2.4 Glycine Shuttles and Photorespiratory CO2 Pumps -- 10.2.5 Enhancement of PEPC and PPDK Activity in the Mesophyll Tissue -- 10.2.6 Integration of C3 and C4 Cycles -- 10.3 What Are the Advantages of C4 Plants over C3 Plants? -- 10.4 Molecular Engineering of C4 Enzymes in Rice -- 10.4.1 Green Tissue-Specific Promoters -- 10.4.2 Expressing C4 Enzyme, PEPC in Rice -- 10.4.3 Expressing C4 Enzyme, PPDK in Rice -- 10.4.4 Expressing C4 Enzyme, ME and NADP-ME in Rice -- 10.4.5 Expressing Multiple C4 Enzymes in Rice -- 10.5 Application of CRISPR for Enhanced Photosynthesis.
10.6 Single-Cell C4 Species -- 10.7 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 11 Role of Legume Genetic Resources in Climate Resilience -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Legumes Under Abiotic Stress -- 11.2.1 Legumes Under Drought Stress -- 11.2.2 Legumes Under Waterlogging -- 11.2.3 Legumes Under Salinity Stress -- 11.2.4 Legumes Under Extreme Temperature -- 11.3 Genetic Resources for Legume Improvement -- 11.3.1 Lentil -- 11.3.2 Mungbean -- 11.3.3 Pigeon Pea -- 11.3.4 Chickpea -- 11.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12 Oxygenic Photosynthesis - a Major Driver of Climate Change and Stress Tolerance -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Evolution of Chlorophyll -- 12.3 The Great Oxygenation Event -- 12.4 Role of Forest in the Regulation of O2 and CO2 Concentrations in the Atmosphere -- 12.5 Evolution of C4 Plants -- 12.6 The Impact of High Temperature -- 12.7 C4 Plants Are Tolerant to Salt Stress -- 12.8 Converting C3 Plants into C4 - A Himalayan Challenge -- 12.9 Carbonic Anhydrase -- 12.10 Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase -- 12.11 Malate Dehydrogenase -- 12.12 Decarboxylating Enzymes -- 12.12.1 NAD/NADP-Malic Enzyme -- 12.12.2 Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase -- 12.13 Pyruvate Orthophosphate Dikinase -- 12.14 Regulation of C4 Photosynthetic Gene Expression -- 12.15 Use of C3 Orthologs of C4 Enzymes -- 12.16 Conclusions and Future Directions -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 13 Expand the Survival Limits of Crop Plants Under Cold Climate Region -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Physiology of Cold Stress Tolerant Plants -- 13.3 Stress Perception and Signaling -- 13.4 Plant Survival Mechanism -- 13.5 Engineering Cold Stress Tolerance -- 13.6 Future Directions -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 14 Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) and Climate-Smart Agriculture: Prospects and Challenges -- 14.1 Introduction.
14.2 What Is Climate-Smart Agriculture? -- 14.3 AMF as a Tool to Practice Climate-Smart Agriculture -- 14.3.1 AMF in Increasing Productivity of Agricultural Systems -- 14.3.2 AMF-Induced Resilience in Crops to Climate Change -- 14.3.3 AMF-Mediated Mitigation of Climate Change -- 14.3.4 Agricultural Practices and AMF Symbiosis - Crop Rotations, Tillage, and Agrochemicals -- 14.3.5 AMF Symbiosis and Climate Change -- 14.3.6 Conclusions and Future Perspectives -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Part 4 Plant Stress Under Climate Change: Molecular Insights -- Chapter 15 Plant Stress and Climate Change: Molecular Insight -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Different Stress Factors and Climate Changes Effects in Plants -- 15.2.1 Water Stress -- 15.2.2 Temperature Stress -- 15.2.3 Salinity Stress -- 15.2.4 Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation Stress -- 15.2.5 Heavy Metal Stress -- 15.2.6 Air Pollution Stress -- 15.2.7 Climate Change -- 15.3 Plant Responses Against Stress -- 15.3.1 Water Stress Responses -- 15.3.2 Temperature Stress Responses -- 15.3.3 Salinity Stress Responses -- 15.3.4 Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation Stress -- 15.3.5 Heavy Metal Stress Responses -- 15.3.6 Air Pollution Stress Responses -- 15.3.7 Climate Change Responses -- 15.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 16 Developing Stress-Tolerant Plants: Role of Small GTP Binding Proteins (RAB and RAN) -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 A Brief Overview of GTP-Binding Proteins -- 16.3 Small GTP-Binding Proteins -- 16.3.1 RAB -- 16.3.2 RAN -- 16.4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 17 Biotechnological Strategies to Generate Climate-Smart Crops: Recent Advances and Way Forward -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 Climate Change and Crop Yield -- 17.3 Effect of Climate Change on Crop Morpho-physiology, and Molecular Level -- 17.4 Plant Responses to Stress Conditions -- 17.5 Strategies to Combat Climate Change.
17.5.1 Cultural and Conventional Methods.
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Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : Wiley, , [2023]
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Green planet [[electronic resource] ] : how plants keep the Earth alive / / Stanley A. Rice
Green planet [[electronic resource] ] : how plants keep the Earth alive / / Stanley A. Rice
Autore Rice Stanley A. <1957->
Pubbl/distr/stampa New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2009
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (314 p.)
Disciplina 581.7
Soggetto topico Plant ecology
Vegetation and climate
Plants, Useful
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-282-03358-1
9786612033582
0-8135-4653-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto An injured paradise -- Plants put the oxygen in the air -- Greenhouse earth : plants help to keep the Earth from overheating -- Shade : trees make good air conditioners -- The water cycle : plants prevent droughts and floods -- Plants feed the world -- Plants create soil -- Plants create habitats -- Plants heal the landscape -- How agriculture changed the world -- Why we need plant diversity -- What can we do?
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Rice Stanley A. <1957->  
New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2009
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