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Author:   Sylvan H. Wittwer
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   CRC Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780873717960

ISBN 10:   0873717961
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   14 July 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Scope of the Volume Role of Climate in Agriculture and Human Progress Historical Aspects Climate as a Resource in Food Production Introduction Temperature Lengths of the Growing Season Interannual Variations Extreme Events Growing Degree Days Water Resources Precipitation Patterns Irrigation Drought The Chemical Climate Sunlight, Solar Energy, and Cloud Cover Protected Cultivation - Controlled Environment Agriculture Climatic Impacts from Rising Levels of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Other Greenhouse Gases Introduction: Historical Records, Current Status, and Projections Temperature Precipitation Rapidity of Climate Change Lengthening of Growing Season Frosts and Freezes - Frequency and Timing Frequency of Drought Enhancement of Potential Evapotranspiration Climate Modeling and Analogs Crop Modeling Climate and Food Scenarios Direct Effects of Rising Levels of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide on Crops Introduction and History Photosynthetic Capacity Water Use Efficiency Irrigated Crop Production Interactions with Air Pollutants Pest Control - Species Competition Crop Responses - Differential Effects of Plant Parts Biological Nitrogen Fixation Mutually Compensating Growth Factors Greenhouse Crop Production Global and Regional Projections of a CO2-Induced Climate Change and Food Production Introduction: Food Production and the Resource Base The Major Food Crops Forest Trees and Forests Vegetable Crops Rangelands, Grazing Lands, Wetlands Aquatic Plants Other Considerations Livestock and Poultry: The Food Animals Global Implications for Developed and Developing Economies Other Implications of Climate Change and Food Security Stratospheric Ozone Depletion Biodiversity Rise in Sea Levels Adaptation of Food Production to Climate Change as Reflected by Geographical Shifts in Crops and Livestock Impac

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I consider this book a 'must' reading for all persons working with 'Global Change' or 'greenhouse warming' issues. It is also an excellent summary for the non-technical reader wanting to better understand the State of the art science and the potential of interactions for many complex biological responses resulting from increasing atmosphere levels of greenhouse gases, particularly for food production. Wittwer's 'Food, Climate, and Carbon Dioxide' highlights the importance of climate and weather as a natural resource in global agricultural production. It outlines the complex interactions between climate and weather and biological systems globally and nationally. The role of climate and weather variability and extremes, usually ignored by the 'greenhouse warming' community, is correctly identified as being of greater importance to world food production, as it has been in the past and during the present time and will be in the future. The variability and extremes are the keys to future food supplies, regardlessof whether the potential for global warming is achieved as projected by the limited capabilities of current General Circulation models (GCMs). -Norton D. Strommen Chief Meteorologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, World Agricultural Outlook Board I consider this book a 'must' reading for all persons working with global change or greenhouse warming issues. It is also an excellent summary for the non-technical reader wanting to better understand the state of the art science and the potential of interactions for many complex biological responses resulting from increasing atmosphere levels of greenhouse gases, particularly for food production. Wittwer's 'Food, Climate, and CarbonDioxide' highlights the importance of climate and weather as a natural resource in global agricultural production. It outlines the complex interactions between climate and weather and biological systems globally and nationally. -Norton D. Strommen Chief Meteorologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, World Agricultural Outlook Board

"""I consider this book a 'must' reading for all persons working with 'Global Change' or 'greenhouse warming' issues. It is also an excellent summary for the non-technical reader wanting to better understand the State of the art science and the potential of interactions for many complex biological responses resulting from increasing atmosphere levels of greenhouse gases, particularly for food production. Wittwer's 'Food, Climate, and Carbon Dioxide' highlights the importance of climate and weather as a natural resource in global agricultural production. It outlines the complex interactions between climate and weather and biological systems globally and nationally. The role of climate and weather variability and extremes, usually ignored by the 'greenhouse warming' community, is correctly identified as being of greater importance to world food production, as it has been in the past and during the present time and will be in the future. The variability and extremes are the keys to future food supplies, regardless of whether the potential for global warming is achieved as projected by the limited capabilities of current General Circulation models (GCMs). -Norton D. Strommen Chief Meteorologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, World Agricultural Outlook Board"

I consider this book a 'must' reading for all persons working with 'Global Change' or 'greenhouse warming' issues. It is also an excellent summary for the non-technical reader wanting to better understand the State of the art science and the potential of interactions for many complex biological responses resulting from increasing atmosphere levels of greenhouse gases, particularly for food production. Wittwer's 'Food, Climate, and Carbon Dioxide' highlights the importance of climate and weather as a natural resource in global agricultural production. It outlines the complex interactions between climate and weather and biological systems globally and nationally. The role of climate and weather variability and extremes, usually ignored by the 'greenhouse warming' community, is correctly identified as being of greater importance to world food production, as it has been in the past and during the present time and will be in the future. The variability and extremes are the keys to future food supplies, regardless of whether the potential for global warming is achieved as projected by the limited capabilities of current General Circulation models (GCMs). -Norton D. Strommen Chief Meteorologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, World Agricultural Outlook Board

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