ISBN: 9789351248330 - impact of climate change on plantation crops [hardcover] [jan 01, 2017] p. chowdappa et.al. [hardcover] [jan 01, 2017] p. chowdappa et.al. (2 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. pp. xviiii + 264 Figures.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Climate Change and Plantation Crops: An Overview. 2. Coconut. 3. Physiological and Biochemical Response of Coconut to Climate Change Variables. 4. Arecanut and Cocoa. 5. Black Pepper and Cardamom. 6. Cashew. 7. Oil Palm. 8. Tea. 9. Rubber. 10. Carbon Sequestration in Plantation Crops. 11. Phenotyping Tools to Understand Effects of Climate Change. 12. Biotechnological Tools to Mitigate Climate Change. 13. Farming System Approach to Reduce Impacts of Climatic Change. 14. Climate Resilience Agriculture: Experiences from Kerala. 15. Climate Change in Plantation Crops: A Socio-Economic Reflection on Vulnerability, Risks and Way Forward. Plantation crops play an important role in the livelihood security of millions of farmers. However, they are predominantly grown in economically and ecologically vulnerable zones. Being perennial in growth pattern, plantation crops are exposed to climatic stresses and experience climate change in their life cycle. Thus, it becomes important to understand the effects of climate change on plantations and develop adaptation strategies. This book summarizes the information on plantation crops in climate change context, apart from providing adaptation options and mitigation potential of plantation crops in lucidly written 15 chapters by the domain experts. It is hoped that this book will be useful to all the stakeholders involved in plantation research, development, extension and policy planning besides students and all those involved in assessing the impacts and developing adaptation and mitigation strategies for improving plantation productivity in changing climates. (jacket). …