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This book focuses on various tropical fruit tree species management for climate change including mitigation strategies and technological countermeasures taken by researchers, progressive growers and commercial companies to overcome the adverse changes. It can be considered as a unique source emphasizing the fruit species solitary not by subject as usual to enable readers reaching directly to their crop of interest. The content includes genetic resources conservation, remote sensing and environmental certification. Increasing attention of society toward information and measures taken by various stakeholders about climate change risks and threats makes this book very timely.
Key points
• Provides a contemporary view of the impact of climate change on cultivation of individual fruit species.
• Offers modern approaches for mitigating the adverse impact of climate change on fruits cultivation.
• Describes research progress of understanding and combating the impact of climate change on fruits production.
• Illustrates presented concepts with relevant figures and tabulated data.
Contents
PART I CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK. Implications of Climate Change on Agriculture and Food Security. Mitigation Strategies of the Impact of Global Climate Change on Fruit Crops. PART II WARM TEMPERATE FRUITS. Citrus Production in Climate Change Era. Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies of Fig (Ficus carica L.) Cultivation. Cactus pear (Opuntia spp.): A Multipurpose Crop with High Tolerance to Adverse Climate. Cultivation of Date Palm for Enhanced Resilience to Climate Change. Grape Cultivation for Climate Change Resilience. Climate Change and Its Implications for the Cultivation of the Olive. Prospects of Climate Resilience in Pomegranate. PART III COOL TEMPERATE FRUITS. Behavior of Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) under Climate Change. Impact of Climate Change on Plum (Prunus domestica L.).
