Ecological Responses and Adaptations of Crops to Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

The impact of rising levels of greenhouse gasesand the global consequences for crops!

Carbon dioxide is a major greenhouse gas that causes global warming and directly impacts every aspect of plant life and indirectly impacts animal and human life. Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have risen dramatically over the past century, and though this could mean opportunities for better growth and increased yield of certain crops, other factors like weather extremes and changes to plant physiology may mitigate the positive effects. Ecological Responses and Adaptations of Crops to Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide comprehensively analyzes every aspect of crop responses to increasing carbon dioxide as well as their productional significance for the world. Changes in the growth rate and yield of crops are explored, with attention given to the consequences of coming weather changes on production and the expected economic impact.

Ecological Responses and Adaptations of Crops to Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide takes the data gleaned from careful research to provide an in-depth vision of the impact of carbon dioxide on global temperatures, plant physiology, and the ecological and economic future of our world. Respected authorities thoroughly discuss the research detailing the complete range of issues from plant growth under increased carbon dioxide levels to the impact of rising air temperatures to the evolving ecophysiological responses within various crops. Extensive references provide opportunities for further research while detailed tables and graphs clearly illustrate data.

Ecological Responses and Adaptations of Crops to Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide explores the effects of carbon dioxide enrichment on:

• plants, crops, and vegetationis it beneficial?
  
• growth, yield, and photosynthetic responses in rice
  
• the photosynthetic capacity and productivity of rice under field conditionsand the role of nitrogen fertilization
  
• forage and grain nitrogen content
  
• potato crops
  
• crop responses including interaction with temperature
  
• the growth of maize
  
• different agricultural systems around the worldsuch as central and southeastern Europe, northern climates, Sudan, citrus-growing regions, and others
  
• the production ecophysiology of Hungarian green pepper
  
• and much more!

The impending changes in our world make Ecological Responses and Adaptations of Crops to Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide a valuable text for educators and postgraduate students in the field of plant ecology and crop production and an essential resource for researchers in the fields of plant ecology, ecophysiology, agricultural crop production, and environmental sciences.

"A VALUABLE AND WIDE-RANGING ANALYSIS of the impacts of elevated carbon dioxide concentrations in plants." -- Rafael Martinez-Carrasco, PhD, Research Scientists, Institute for Natural Resources and Agricultural Biology of Salamanca, CSIC

"A VERY USEFUL AND MUCH-NEEDED BOOK. The structure and composition of the chapters is of high quality." -- Michal V. Marek, DSc, Professor, Institute of Landscape Ecology, Academy of Sciences, Budjovice, Czech Republic