tailieunhanh - Crop Adaptation to Climate Change

A major task of our time is to ensure adequate food supplies for the world’s current population (now nearing 7 billion) in a sustainable way while protecting the vital functions and biological diversity of the global environment. The task of providing for a growing population is likely to be even more difficult in view of actual and potential changes in climatic conditions due to global warming, and as the population continues to grow. Current projections suggest that the world’s temperatures will rise –◦Cby 2100 and population may reach 8 billion by the year 2025 and some 9 billion by mid-century, after which it may stabilize. This book addresses these critical issues by presenting the. | Crop Adaptation to Climate Change Crop Adaptation to Climate Change Edited by Shyam S. Yadav Robert J. Redden Jerry L. Hatfield Hermann Lotze-Campen Anthony E. Hall with Manav Yadav Project Manager Communications Coordinator WILEY-BLACKWELL A John Wiley Sons Ltd. Publication This edition first published 2011 2011 by John Wiley Sons Inc. Wiley-Blackwell is an imprint of John Wiley Sons formed by the merger of Wiley s global Scientific Technical and Medical business with Blackwell Publishing. Registered office John Wiley Sons Ltd The Atrium Southern Gate Chichester West Sussex PO19 8SQ UK Editorial offices 2121 State Avenue Ames IA 50014-8300 The Atrium Southern Gate Chichester West Sussex PO19 8SQ UK 9600 Garsington Road Oxford OX4 2DQ UK For details of our global editorial offices for customer services and for information about how to apply for permission to reuse the copyright material in this book please see our website at wiley-blackwell. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use or the internal or personal use of specific clients is granted by Blackwell Publishing provided that the base fee is paid directly to the Copyright Clearance Center 222 Rosewood Drive Danvers MA 01923. For those organizations that have been granted a photocopy license by CCC a separate system of payments has been arranged. The fee codes for users of the Transactional Reporting Service are IsBn-13 978-0-8138-2016-3 2011. Designations used by companies to distinguish their products are often claimed as trademarks. All brand names and product names used in this book are trade names service marks trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The publisher is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold on the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering professional .