Crop Adaptation to Climate Change

Many of the effects of global warming, changing temperature andrainfall patterns, have been recognized as climate change factorsaffecting agriculture, and these climate trends are expected toadversely affect crops in most agricultural regions in comingdecades and be only partly compensated by increased CO2concentrations and improved environments in northern latitudes andhigh altitudes, with net overall depression of yield. Globalclimate change therefore calls for advancements in crop geneticdiversity, to develop genotypes which can adapt to a variety ofcomplex climate changes and withstand less than ideal growingconditions.

Crop Adaptation to Climate Change covers a spectrum ofissues related to both crops and climatic conditions. The first twosections provide a foundation on the factors involved in climatestress, assessing current climate change by region and coveringcrop physiological responses to these changes. The third and finalsection contains chapters focused on specific crops and the currentresearch to improve their genetic adaptation to climate change.

Written by an international team of authors, Crop Adaptationto Climate Change is a timely look at the potentially seriousconsequences of climate change for our global food supply, and isan essential resource for academics, researchers and professionalsin the fields of crop science, agronomy, plant physiology andmolecular biology; crop consultants and breeders; as well asclimate and food scientists.

List of Contributors.

List of Editors.

About the Editors.

Foreword (Daniel Hillel and Cynthia Rosenzweig).

Foreword (M.S. Swaminathan).

Foreword (Martin Parry).

Foreword (Ahmed Djoghlaf).

Foreword (Cary Fowler).

Foreword (David K. Skelly).

Foreword (Walter P. Falcon).

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

1.1 Climate Change, Population Growth and Crop Production: AnOverview (Hermann Lotze–Campen).

1.2 Modelling Regional Effects of Climate Change on Wheat CropProduction in Victoria, Australia (Garry O′Leary, BrendanChristy, Anna Weeks, James Nuttall, Penny Riffkin, Craig Beverlyand Glenn Fitzgerald).

2. Agroecology: Implications for Plant Response to ClimateChange (Jerry L. Hatfield and John H. Prueger).

3.1 Impacts of Climate Change on Crop Production in LatinAmerica (Andy Jarvis, Julian Ramirez, Osana Bonilla–Findji,Emmanuel Zapata).

3.2 Changing Climate in North America: Implications for Crops(Jerry L. Hatfield).

3.3 Regional Impacts of Climate Change: Africa (RanjanaBhattacharjee, Bonny R Ntare, Emmanuel Otoo, and Pius Z.Yanda).

3.4 Regional Impacts: Europe (Hermann Lotze–Campen).

3.5 Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations in the Countries ofthe Former Soviet Union (Andrei Kirilenko and NikolayDronin).

3.6 Climate Change Impact in Agriculture: Vulnerability andAdaptation Concerns of Semi Arid Tropics in Asia (Naveen P.Singh, MCS Bantilan and A Ashok Kumar, P. Janila and Abu WaliRaghib Hassan).

3.7 Climate Change Impacts in Japan and Southeast Asia:Implications for Crop Adaptation (S.V.R.K. Prabhakar).

3.8 Regional Impacts: Australia (S.M. Howden and S.J.Crimp).

4. Synthesis of Regional Impacts and Global AgriculturalAdjustments (Neil C. Turner and Rolf Meyer).

5.1 Impacts of High–Temperature Stress and PotentialOpportunities for Breeding (R.P. Singh, P.V.V. Prasad, A.K.Sharma, K.R. Reddy).

5.2 Whole Plant Response to Drought under Climate Change(Vincent Vadez, Jana Kholova, Sunita Choudhary, Paul Zindy,Médulline Terrier, L. Krishnamurthy, P. Ratna Kumar, Neil C.Turner).

6. Plant Responses to Increased Carbon Dioxide (S. Seneweeraand R.M. Norton).

7. Genetics Options for Improving the Productivity of Wheat inWater–Limited and Temperature Stressed Environments (R. M.Trethowan and T. Mahmood).

8. Genetic Adjustment to Changing Climates: Pea (Clarice J.Coyne, Rebecca J. McGee, Robert J. Redden, Mike J. Ambrose, BonnieJ. Furman, Carol A. Miles).

9. Genetic Adjustment to Changing Climates: Chickpea (M.Imtiaz, R.S. Malhotra, and Shyam. S. Yadav).

10. Genetic Adjustment to Changing Climates: Vicia faba(Gérard Duc, Wolfgang Link, Pascal Marget, F.L. Stoddard,Ana MariaTorres, J.I. Cubero).

11. Adaptation of the Potato Crop to Changing Climates(Roland Schafleitner, Julian Ramirez, Andy Jarvis, DanieleEvers, Raymundo Gutierrez and Mariah Scurrah).

12. Genetic Adjustment to Changing Climates: RICE (T.Lafarge, S.Peng, T. Hasegawa,W.P. Quick, S.V.K. Jagadish, R.Wassmann).

13. Genetic Adjustment to Changing Climates: MAIZE (Mark E.Westgate and Jerry L. Hatfield).

14. Sorghum Genetic Enhancement for Climate Change Adaptation(Belum V. S. Reddy, A Ashok Kumar, S. Ramesh1 and P. SanjanaReddy).

15. Breeding Cowpea for Future Climates (Anthony E.Hall).

16. Genetic Improvement of Common beans and the Challenges ofClimate Change (S. Beebe, J. Ramirez, A. Jarvis, I.M. Rao, G.Mosquera, J.M. Bueno, M.W. Blair).

17. Improving Soybean Cultivars for Adaptation to Climate Changeand Climate Variability (Boote, K.J.).

18. Genetic Adjustment to Changing Climates: Vegetables (dela Peña R.C., Ebert A.W., Gniffke P., Hanson P. & SymondsR.C.).

19. Adaptation of Cassava to Changing Climates (HernánCeballos, Julian Ramirez, Anthony C. Bellotti, Andy Jarvis, and E.Alvarez).

20. Changing Climates: Effects on Growing Conditions for Bananaand Plantain (Musa spp.) and Possible Responses (JuliánRamírez, Andy Jarvis, Inge Van den Bergh, Charles Staver andDavid Turner).

21. Genetic Adjustment to Changing Climates: Sugarcane (GeoffInman–Bamber, Phillip Jackson and Maryse Bourgault).

22. Breeding Oilseed Brassica for Climate Change (P.A.Salisbury and M.J. Barbetti).

23. The Genetic Envelope of Wine Grapevines: Potential forAdaptation to Future Climate Challenges (Leanne B. Webb, PeterR. Clingeleffer and Stephen D. Tyerman).

24. The Potential of Climate Change Adjustment in crops: ASynthesis (Redden R. Shyam, S. Yadav, Surinder Vasal, BoddupalliM. Prasanna, Jerry L. Hatfield).

25. Crop Germplasm Diversity – the Role of Gene Bank Collectionsin Facilitating Adaptation to Climate Change (Laura K. Snook, M.Ehsan Dulloo, Andy Jarvis, Xavier Scheldeman, MargaretKneller).

26. Underutilized species and Climate Change – Current Statusand Outlook (Padulosi S., V. Heywood, D. Hunter and A.Jarvis).

27. Wild Relative and Transgenic Innovation for Enhancing CropAdaptation to Warmer and Drier Climate (Gang–Ping Xue and C.Lynne McIntyre).

28. Energy Crops to Combat Climate Change (Abdullah A.Jaradat).

29. Research from the Past to the Future (EC (Ted)Wolfe).

Index.

Shyam S. Yadav is International Advisor in Agriculture atCivilian Technical Assistance Program, General Directorate ofPrograms, Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation & Livestock,Kabul, Afghanistan

Robert Redden is a Curator of genetic resources at theAustralian Temperate and Field Crops Collection (ATFCC), Departmentof Primary Industries, Australia

Jerry L. Hatfield is Laboratory Director and SupervisoryPlant Physiologist at the USDA–Agriculture Research Service, UnitedStates of America

Hermann Lotze–Campen is a Group Leader in Earth SystemAnalysis at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research(PIK), Germany

Anthony Hall is Emeritus Professor of Plant Physiology atthe Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University ofCalifornia Riverside, California, United States of America

This work can serve as a teaching guide for graduatestudents to stimulate research and to understand crop adaptationstrategies in a change climate.  Summing Up:Recommended.  Graduate students, researchers/faculty, andprofessionals.   (Choice, 1 September 2012)