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ChApteR SIX
Role of biotechnology in
climate resilient
agriculture
Pradeep K. Jain, Pooja Choudhary and
Dinesh K. Sharma
Contents
Abstract
159
6.1 Introduction
160
6.2
Industrial agriculture and the climate change
161
6.3
Biotechnology for climate change mitigation and
crop adaptation
164
6.4
Biotechnology for climate change mitigation
164
6.5
Biotechnology for crop adaptation
167
Adaptation to abiotic stresses
168
Adaptation to biotic stresses
171
6.6
Conclusion
172
Acknowledgements
172
References
172
Abstract
Change of climate over time has led to decrease in crop
yield due to inadequate rainfall, various abiotic stresses,
potential weeds, pests and diseases caused by fungi, bac-
teria and viruses. Biotechnology and the application of
advanced techniques in agriculture will help in creating
plants that will adapt to these new climatic conditions.
One of the important ways of adapting to such changes
is to apply agricultural biotechnological strategies that
counter the effects of such changes by improving crop pro-
ductivities per unit area of land cultivars. The increasing
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