Agriculture Reference
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• Gene pyramiding against biotic and abiotic stress.
• In vitro conservation of rare and useful species for future use.
3.4.4 MITIGATION STRATEGIES FOR HIGHER CO
2
/GHG
• Assessment the carbon sequestration potential of perennial pome
and stone fruit crops production system.
• To participate in the international dialog about greenhouse gas emis-
sions management, global warming and sustainable energy develop-
ment.
• Use of biofuel like diseal from
Jetropa
and
Pongamia
sp.
• The development of nuclear energy.
• The improvements in the efficiency of electricity generation, trans-
mission and distribution.
• The use of fuels with lower carbon content, for example, natural gas,
CNG, Gobber gas.
• Fuel switching, appliance efficiency and use of renewable energy;
• Tree planting and forest management;
• Waste processing
3.4.5 FUTURE RESEARCH STRATEGIES FOR OPTIMIZING
PRODUCTION UNDER CHANGING CLIMATE SCENARIO
3.4.5.1. CROP IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES
• Utilizing the current and future regional climatic scenarios of the
temperate region a microlevel survey of agro-climatic zones of J&K,
HP and UK should be conducted to identify sensitive regions with
high vulnerability with respect to pome and stone fruit crop.
• Introduction of low chilling cultivars of pome, stone and nut fruits.
• Diversification with other high value fruit crops like peach, apricot,
walnut, kiwi and olive.
• Development of new genotypes having resistance to high tempera-
ture and CO
2
concentrations.
• Marker assisted selection and development of transgenic having re-
sistance to biotic and abiotic resistance.
