Plant genetic resources and climate change /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2014.
• Series: CABI climate change series ; 4.
• Subjects: Crops > Germplasm resources.; Food crops > Germplasm resources.; Crops and climate.; Germplasm resources, Plant.; Climatic changes.; Food Economics, (New March 2000); Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Meteorology and Climate.; Biological Resources (Plant); Plant Ecology.; Climate change.; Food security.; Plant genetic resources.; Population dynamics.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 291 pages, 16 pages of colored plates) : illustrations, charts, maps.; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This new book Plant Genetic Resources and Climate Change contains 11 chapters summarizing perspectives on climatic change and how it might affect plant populations, and the expected impact on agriculture around the world. It presents some of the latest perspectives about how genetic resources can contribute to achieving food security under the challenge of a changing climate. It aims to highlight some key issues for plant genetic resources management, to demonstrate how perspectives have changed over two decades, and discuss some of the actual responses and developments.