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Global warming impact
on crop productivity
S.C. Santra, Anusaya Mallick and A.C. Samal
Contents
Abstract
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15.1 Introduction
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15.2
Predictions of climate change models
359
15.3
Global warming impacts on plant growth and
agriculture
361
15.4
A crop yield response to climate change: Global
perspective
362
15.5
Direct effect
363
15.6
Indirect effect
366
15.7
Pests and diseases susceptibility
367
15.8
Climate change and water availability
368
15.9
Climate change and soil fertility
369
15.10 Climate change impact on Indian agriculture
370
15.11 Vulnerability assessment in Indian agriculture
374
15.12 Mitigation of climate change
376
15.13 Genetic resource centres for adaptation to
climate changes
377
15.14 Conclusion
378
References
379
Abstract
Global warming refers to climate change that causes an
increase in the average temperature of the lower atmo-
sphere. Global warming has emerged as the most serious
environmental threat to the Earth in the twenty-first cen-
tury. The global population is now discussing the environ-
mental problems and their remedies. This environmental
problem on a global scale can originate from any part of
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