Climate Change and Food Security with Emphasis on Wheat

Climate Change and Food Security With Emphasis on Wheat is the first book to present the full scope of research in wheat improvement, revealing the correlations to global issues including climate change and global warming which contribute to food security issues. Wheat holds a key position in the global economy. Due to the continuous increase in population, urbanization and economic modernization of the masses as a result of rising incomes, the requirements for wheat are on the rise. Wheat production will have to increase dramatically to ensure reliable wheat supplies and food security. The increase in wheat production will have to be obtained through either planting more area to wheat or through increase in per unit area production. The scope of former strategy is limited as there is not only little extra land available but is also under pressure and is being lost to construction of new residential areas, community facilities and industrial units. Future wheat requirement must, therefore, come from increasing average yield/ha through developing wheat varieties with high genetic potential, stable yields and resistance/tolerance to the prevalent stresses. Climate Change and Food Security with Emphasis on Wheat facilitates wheat research by providing means to address biophysical and socio-economic constraints including production of high yielding, disease resistant, broadly adapted and good quality wheat varieties to increase and stabilize wheat production world-wide. Written by an international team of experts, this book looks at the abiotic stresses that impact production and the various means of ameliorating those factors. This book is appropriate for advanced students and researchers focused on wheat and other grain improvements to increase yield and address food security.

• | Author: Munir Ozturk|Alvina Gul
• | Publisher: Academic Press
• | Publication Date: April 03, 2020
• | Number of Pages: 500 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0128195274
• | ISBN-13: 9780128195277