Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
• Development of genotypes having resistance to heat and drought.
• Biotechnological approaches for multiple stress tolerance will be
standardized.
3.4.5.2
DEVELOPMENT OF AGRO-TECHNIQUES
• Assessment of the impact of elevated temperature and CO
2
on
growth, development, yield and quality of commercial fruit crop us-
ing open top chamber (OTC) facilities and free air CO
2
enrichment
system (FACE).
• Sensitive stages of crops to weather aberrations will be identified.
• The phenology of pome, stone and nut crops under changing climate
will be monitored.
• In-situ soil moisture conservation practices including indigenous
technical know-how will be validated to mitigate the impact of
drought.
• Development of suitable agronomic adaptation measures for reduc-
ing the adverse climate related production losses.
• Study the impact of climate change and development of technologies
on water productivity.
• Identify and develop good practices to enhance the adaptation of
crop to increased temperature, moisture and nutritional stress.
• Identification and mapping of climate resilient as well as climati-
cally vulnerable microniches in temperate regions.
• Extreme events, such as late spring frost or windstorm, may cause
crop failure. Future climate may also increase occurrence of extreme
impacts on crops, for example, weather conditions resulting in sub-
stantial reduction in yield and quality (for example severe drought or
prolonged soil wetness).
• To develop a set of high-resolution daily based climate change sce-
narios, suitable for analysis of agricultural extreme events.
• To identify climatic thresholds having severe impacts on yield, qual-
ity and environment for representative crops and to assess the risks
that these thresholds will be exceeded under climate change.
