Agricultural ecosystems include factors from the surrounding areas where agriculture experiences direct or indirect interaction with the plants, animals, and microbes present. Changes in climatic conditions influence all the factors of agricultural ecosystems, which can potentially adversely affect their productivity. This book summarizes the different aspects of vulnerability, adaptation, and amelioration of climate change in respect to plants, crops, soil, and microbes for the sustainability of the agricultural sector and, ultimately, food security for the future. It also focuses on the utilization of information technology for the sustainability of the agricultural sector along with the capacity and adaptability of agricultural societies under climate change.
Climate Change and Agricultural Ecosystems incorporates both theoretical and practical aspects, and serves as base line information for future research. This book is a valuable resource for those working in environmental sciences, soil sciences, agricultural microbiology, plant pathology, and agronomy.
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Table of Contents
1. Agriculture in the Era of Climate Change: Consequences and Effects 2. Sustainable Agricultural Practices Using Beneficial Fungi Under Changing Climate Scenario 3. Climate Change and Soil Dynamics: Effects on Soil Microbes and Fertility of Soil 4. Agrochemicals: Harmful and Beneficial Effects of Climate Changing Scenarios 5. Climate Change and Secondary Metabolism in Plants: Resilience to Disruption 6. Impact of Xenobiotics Under a Changing Climate Scenario 7. Impact of Climate Change on Plant-Microbe Interactions Under Agroecosystems 8. Medicinal Plants Under Climate Change: Impacts on Pharmaceutical Properties of Plants 9. Air Pollution: Role in Climate Change and Its Impact on Crop Plants 10. Cyanobacteria and Their Role Under Elevated CO2 Conditions 11. Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Plant Responses: Current and Future Consequences 12. Climatic Resilient Agriculture for Root, Tuber, and Banana Crops Using Plant Growth-Promoting Microbes 13. Understanding Soil Aggregate Dynamics and Its Relation with Land Use and Climate Change 14. Climate Change: A Challenge for Postharvest Management, Food Loss, Food Quality, and Food Security 15. Impact of Climate Change on Soil Carbon Exchange, Ecosystem Dynamics, and Plant-Microbe Interactions 16. Bioinformatics as a Tool to Counter Climate Change: Challenges and Prospects 17. Developing Adaptive Capability of Agricultural Societies in the Context of Climate Change
