May 2014
Intermediate to advanced
544 pages
23h 1m
English
Content preview from Emerging Technologies and Management of Crop Stress Tolerance
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Chapter 9
Preventing Potential Diseases of Crop Plants Under the Impact of a Changing Environment
Memoona Ilyas, Khola Rafique, Sania Ahmed, Sobia Zulfiqar, Fakiha Afzal, Maria Khalid, Alvina Gul Kazi and Abdul Mujeeb-Kazi
Occurrence of a certain disease in a plant depends on a multitude of factors including a disease-causing virulent pathogen, a vulnerable host plant, and the environment. This forms a three key factor triangle for the development of diseases. Changing climate become a significant issue and may be intensely associated with increases in yield losses in the coming years. An increased level of ozone and carbon dioxide, altered precipitation patterns, flooding, drought, temperature extremes, global warming, and salinity are the outcomes ...