Climate Resilient Crops for the Future - 9789383305599

Climate Resilient Crops for the FutureAuthor(s): K. V. Peter\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: New India Publishing Agency, India\nImprint: New India Publishing Agency\nISBN-13: 9789383305599, 978-9383305599\nSynopsis\nConcise Oxford Dictionary defines Resilience as recoiling; springing back; resuming its original shape after bending, stretching, compression etc. With five components of crop production space, water, energy, light, nutrients- limiting, there are stresses on crops to perform at threshold input yielding optimum output. Droughts and floods, cold and heat waves, forest fires, landslides and mud slips, ice storms, dust storms, hailstorms, thunder clouds associated with lightening and sea level rise are throwing new challenges to farming. This dangerously narrow level of food base prompts to widen the base of grains, vegetables, fruits, spices, industrial crops, mushrooms and aromatic plants. The emphasis so far was more on terrestrial plants, forest plants and lesser on lower .