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ChApteR FIVe
Nanotechnological
interventions for
mitigating global
warming
Anjali Pande, Madhu Rawat, Rajeev Nayan,
S.K. Guru and Sandeep Arora
Contents
Abstract
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5.1 Introduction
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5.2
Impact of climate change on crop production
145
5.3
Mitigation strategies for reducing crop
Productivity losses
146
5.4
Genetic engineering as a possible alternative
148
5.5
The Indian scenario
149
5.6
Nanotechnology as an alternative to GM crops
150
5.7
Nanotechnology in agriculture
152
5.8
Applications of nanotechnology
152
Crop improvement
152
5.9 Conclusion
156
Suggested reading
156
Abstract
The rapidly changing climate, due to global warming,
is a major cause of concern for agriculture scientists.
Undesirable climatic variability is bound to adversely
affect the agricultural productivity, leading to food and
nutritional insecurity for the burgeoning population.
Therefore, one of the biggest challenges is to augment
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