Plant genetic resources and climate change

Wallingford

2014

XIII, 291 S.

Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.

Monographie

978-1-7806-4197-3

17382

200723

"The book here presented is in this sense a good guide since it analyses many of the factors involved and draws a quite accurate picture of the present knowledge of the problem, as well as an excellent source of the most important literature on each specific argument." - Domenico Pignone, Genetic Resources and Crop EvolutionFood Security, Climate Change and Genetic Resources; Genetic Resources and Conservation Challenges under the Threat of Climate Change; Climate Projections; Effects of Climate Change on Potential Food Production and Risk of Hunger; Regional Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture and the Role of Adaptation; International Mechanisms for Conservation and Use of Genetic Resources; Crop Wild Relatives and Climate Change; Climate Change and On-farm Conservation of Crop Landraces in Centres of Diversity; Germplasm Databases and Informatics; Exploring ‘Omics’ of Genetic Resources to Mitigate the Effects of Climate Change; Harnessing Meiotic Recombination for Improved Crop Varieties; High Temperature Stress; Drought; Salinity; Response to Flooding: Submergence Tolerance in Rice; Effects of Climate Change on Plant–Insect Interactions and Prospects for Resistance Breeding Using Genetic Resources"