Changing climate. Agriculture and a climate changed by more carbon dioxide.

Waggoner, Paul E.
Carbon Dioxide Assessment Committee. Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate. Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources. National Research Council.

1983

CIENA
772

0-309-03425-6

INTRODUCTION. Concentrating on a critical, susceptible, and exemplary subject. Agriculture and past changes in the weather. The range of change in the atmosphere. EFFECTS OF CO2 ON PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND PLANT GROWTH. Photosynthesis. Rate of photosinthesis. Duration of photosynthesis. Fate and partitioning of photosynthate. Drought. Nutrients. Nitrogen metabolism. Organic matter and rhizosphere association. Phenology. Weeds. Direct effects of CO2 on yield. PREDICTING THE CHANGES IN YIELD THAT WILL FOLLOW A CHANGE TO A WARMER, DRIER CLIMATE. History. Simulation. Summary. PATHOGENS AND INSECT PESTS. IRRIGATION IN A WARMER AND DRIER CLIMATE. ADAPTING TO THE CHANGE TO A WARMER, DRIER CLIMATE. Breeding new varieties. Adapting to less water. CONCLUSION.

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GENERAL; AGRICULTURA; CAMBIO CLIMATICO; ANHIDRIDO CARBONICO; ATMOSFERA; FOTOSINTESIS; COMPUESTOS ORGANICOS;