Climate Change and Management of Cool Season Grain Legume Crops

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Legumes are a major source of food, nutrition and feed worldwide particularly in developing nations. Climate change is likely to exacerbate the effects of heat and drought stress in the future as well as push legumes production into more marginal lands. The goal of this book is to present an analysis of the production and science issues we are likely to face now and in the future.

This book covers all aspect of legume production management technologies, plant ecological response, nutrients management, biological nitrogen fixation, molecular approaches, potential cultivars, biodiversity management under climate change.

Also covered are various aspects of legume management under climate change and include;

  • Production management technology, ecology & adaptation, diseases, and international trade.
  • Physiology and crops response to nutrients, drought, salinity, and water use efficiency.
  • Biodiversity management, molecular approaches and biological Nitrogen fixation.
  • Climate change and strategies

This book presents the most comprehensive and up to date review of research on different cool season grain legume crops, nutrients management, biotic and abiotic stresses management, agronomical approaches for drought management, salinity, drought, weed management and water use efficiency, impact on international trade around the world.

This book will be of great value to legume breeders, grain producers, agronomists, scientists, academic researchers, graduates students, traders, and farmers in the developing and the developed world.

Author(s): Mitchell Andrews, Simon Hodge (auth.), Shyam Singh Yadav, Robert Redden (eds.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 2010

Language: English
Pages: 460
Tags: Plant Sciences; Climate Change; Plant Biochemistry; Plant Physiology

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Climate Change, a Challenge for Cool Season Grain Legume Crop Production....Pages 1-9
Modelling Climate Change Effects on Legume Crops: Lenmod, a Case Study....Pages 11-22
Ecology and Adaptation of Legumes Crops....Pages 23-33
Physiological Responses of Grain Legumes to Stress Environments....Pages 35-86
Consequences of Predicted Climatic Changes on International Trade in Cool Season Grain Legume Crops....Pages 87-97
Impact of Climate Change on Diseases of Cool Season Grain Legume Crops....Pages 99-113
Pest Management in Grain Legumes and Climate Change....Pages 115-139
Agronomic Approaches to Stress Management....Pages 141-154
Major Nutrients Supply in Legume Crops Under Stress Environments....Pages 155-169
Salinity and Drought Management in Legume Crops....Pages 171-191
Nutrients Use Efficiency in Legume Crops to Climatic Changes....Pages 193-206
Water Use Efficiency Under Stress Environments....Pages 207-227
Efficient Root System in Legume Crops to Stress Environments....Pages 229-242
Weed Suppression in Legume Crops for Stress Management....Pages 243-281
Efficient Biological Nitrogen Fixation Under Warming Climates....Pages 283-306
Microbes and Agrochemicals to Stress Tolerance....Pages 307-324
Integrated Legume Crops Production and Management Technology....Pages 325-349
Legumes Cultivars for Stress Environments....Pages 351-376
Molecular Biology for Stress Management....Pages 377-408
Biodiversity Challenges with Climate Change....Pages 409-432
Strategies to Combat the Impact of Climatic Changes....Pages 433-445
Back Matter....Pages 447-460