ISBN13: | 9781032371160 |
ISBN10: | 1032371161 |
Binding: | Paperback |
No. of pages: | 296 pages |
Size: | 234x156 mm |
Weight: | 544 g |
Language: | English |
Illustrations: | 48 Illustrations, black & white; 30 Halftones, black & white; 18 Line drawings, black & white; 22 Tables, black & white |
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Agriculture in general
Plant sciences, viticulture
Civil and construction engineering
Environmental sciences
Food and tobacco industry, food sciences
Agribusiness
Environmental protection
Environmental sciences in general
Agriculture in general (charity campaign)
Plant sciences, viticulture (charity campaign)
Civil and construction engineering (charity campaign)
Environmental sciences (charity campaign)
Food and tobacco industry, food sciences (charity campaign)
Agribusiness (charity campaign)
Environmental protection (charity campaign)
Environmental sciences in general (charity campaign)
Cultivation for Climate Change Resilience, Volume 1
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This book focuses on the management of some key tropical fruit species, mitigation strategies and technological counter-measures taken by researchers, progressive growers and commercial companies to face the challenge of climate change.
This book focuses on various tropical fruit tree species management for climate change including mitigation strategies and technological countermeasures taken by researchers, progressive growers and commercial companies to overcome the adverse changes. It can be considered as a unique source emphasizing the fruit species solitary not by subject as usual to enable readers reaching directly to their crop of interest. The content includes genetic resources conservation, remote sensing and environmental certification. Increasing attention of the society toward information and measures taken by various stakeholders about climate change risks and threats makes this book very timely.
Key points covered:
- Provides a contemporary view of the impact of climate change on cultivation of individual fruit species
- Offers modern approaches for mitigating the adverse impact of climate change on fruits cultivation
- Describes research progress of understanding and combating the impact of climate change on fruits production
- Illustrates presented concepts with relevant figures and tabulated data
Part 1: Conceptual Framework 1. Implications of Climate Change on Agriculture and Food Security 2. Mitigation Strategies of the Impact of Global Climate Change on Fruit Crops Part 2: Rain Forest Tropical Fruits 3. Banana Cultivation for Resilience to Climate Change 4. Potential of Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera L.) in Resilient Development Solutions: Bioethanol 5. Climate Change is Challenging Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) Production Systems 6. Papaya Resilience to Global Warming and Climate Change 7. Passion Fruits Resilience to Global Warming and Climate Change Part 3: Sub-Tropical Fruits 8. Climate Change Implications on Cultivation of Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) 9. Enhancing Climate Change Resilience in Guava (Psidium Species) 10. Development of the Jujube Industry under Changing Climates 11. Climate Resilience in Indian Jujube (Ziziphus mauritiana Lam.) and Other Jujube Species 12. Environmental Friendly Snake Fruit (Salacca spp.) Cultivation for Agricultural Land Utilization and Conservation Supporting the Climate Change Resilience