Acknowledgements |
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About the Editors |
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List of Contributors |
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1 Agriculture Contribution toward Global Warming |
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Hafiz Muhammad Rashad Javeed |
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1.1 Agriculture and Climate Change |
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1.2 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) |
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1.3 Effect of Climate Change on Agricultural Productivity |
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1.4 Impact of Climate Change on Insect Pests |
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1.5 Impact of Climate Change on Soil Erosion and Fertility |
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1.6 Role of Agriculture Sector in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions |
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1.7 Role of Livestock Farming in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions |
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2 Climate Change and Climate Smart Plants Production Technology |
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2.2 Climate Change, Adaptability, and Ecology of Legumes Crop |
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2.3 Role of Legumes in Body Health Maintenance |
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2.4 Legumes in Diet Can Help in Cardiovascular Health Stimulation (Legumes and Soybean) |
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2.5 Legumes and Recovery of Digestive Health and Prevention of Colon Cancer |
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2.6 Climate Change and Legume Productivity and Profitability |
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2.6.1 Short-Duration, High-Yielding Varieties |
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2.6.2 Improved Varieties with Drought Tolerance |
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2.7 Advance Legumes Production Technology |
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2.7.2 Method of Inoculation |
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2.7.4 Time of Sowing (Kharif Legumes/Rabi Legumes) |
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2.7.8 Preventive Measures |
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2.7.9.2 Tillage Practices |
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2.7.10 Mechanical (Physical) Control |
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2.7.12 Integrated Weed Control |
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2.7.13 Diseases and Insect Pests of Legumes and Their Control |
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2.7.14 Disease Management Programme Should Include the Following Methods |
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2.7.14.1 Preventive Measures |
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2.7.14.2 Cultural Control |
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2.7.14.5 Integrated Disease Control |
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2.7.14.7 Cultural Control |
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2.7.14.8 Chemical Control |
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2.7.15 Harvesting and Threshing |
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2.7.18.1 Advantages of Legume Planting |
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3 Climate Change and Plant Growth - South Asian Perspective |
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3.2 Climate Change in South Asia |
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3.2.1 Enhanced Temperatures |
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3.2.2 Precipitation and Water |
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3.2.3 Anthropogenic Climate Change |
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3.2.4 Agriculture Affected by Climate Change in South Asia |
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3.3 Plant Responses to Climate Change |
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3.3.1 Responses of Plants to CO2 |
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3.3.2 Effects of Climate Change on Respiration and Photosynthesis |
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3.3.3 Plant Responses to Dry Conditions |
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3.3.4 Plant Responses to Altered Precipitations |
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3.3.5 Plant Responses to Light |
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3.3.6 Plant Growth Responses to Temperature |
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3.4 Potential Positive Effects of Climate Change |
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3.5 Adaptations in South Asia to Face Climate Change |
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4 Climate Change and Indoor Agriculture - The Environment for Plants |
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4.1.1 General Climate Change Issues |
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4.2 Climate Change and Agriculture |
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4.3 Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture |
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4.4 Report of the Influence of Climate Change on Some Agricultural Crops |
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4.5 Report of the Influence of Climate Change on Some Ornamental Plants |
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4.7.4.1 Constituents of a Vertical Farm and Their Interactions |
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4.8 Environmental and Economic Reasons for Shifting from Conventional Farming to Agriculture in a Regulated Environment |
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5 Water Availability and Productivity under Changing Climate |
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5.2 Water Resources Availability |
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5.4 Water Distribution Pattern |
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5.6 Water Productivity: A Case Study of Pakistan |
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6 Impact of Climate Change on Biodiversity of Insect Pests |
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6.2 Effect of Increased Level of CO2 on Biodiversity of Insect Pests |
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6.3 Climate Change Impacts on the Agriculture Sector |
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6.4 Insects and Environment |
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6.5 General Impact on Insects |
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6.6 Effect of Precipitation on Biodiversity of Insect Pests |
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7 Pheromonal and Microbial-Symbiotic-Associated Insect Behaviour |
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7.2 Pheromone-Mediated Insect Behaviour |
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7.3 Microbial-Symbionts and Insect Host Interface |
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7.4 Microbial-Symbiotic-Mediated Behavioural Manipulation of Insect Host |
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7.5 Microbial-Symbionts Modulating Insect Pheromones |
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7.6 Extraction and Identification of Insect Pheromones |
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7.8 Conclusion and Future Directions |
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8 The Chemistry of Atmosphere |
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8.2.1 Measurement of Acid Rain |
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8.3.3 Ozone Layer Depletion |
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9 Ocean as the Driver of the Global Carbon Cycle |
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9.2.1 Changes in the Carbon Cycle |
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9.5 Impacts on Oceanic Organisms |
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9.6 Anthropogenic Emissions of CO2 |
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9.6.1 Global Carbon Emission by Jurisdiction |
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10 Insect Pest Management in the Era of Climate Change |
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10.2 Climate Change and Insect Pest Responses |
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10.3 Effect of Climate Change on Species Synchrony |
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10.4 Effects of Climate Change on Plant Volatile Compounds |
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10.5 Effect of Climate Change on Geographical Distribution of Insects |
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10.6 Potential Consequences of Climate Change for Invasive Species |
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10.7 Effect of Climate Change on Natural Enemies and Biological Control |
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10.8 The Omics Solutions to New Challenges |
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11 Insect-Plant Interactions |
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11.2 Stratum in Insect-Plant Interaction: Tri-Trophic Interactions or Three-Way Interactions |
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11.4 Advances, Future Perspectives, and Challenges |
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11.5 Insects: Omnipresent and Versatile |
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11.6 Insect Pollinators: The Unsung Superheroes! |
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11.7 The Silent Alarm: The Unacknowledged Extinction Threat! |
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11.8 To Conserve, To Survive, To Sustain |
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12 Human-Induced Climate Change |
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12.2 Role of Humans in Worldwide Climate Change |
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12.3 Effect of Environmental Changes on Human Health |
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12.4 What Can Possibly Be Done? |
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13 Plants, Environmental Constraints, and Climate Change |
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13.2 Environmental Changes and Their Impact on Plant Physiology |
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13.2.1 Elevated CO2 levels |
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13.2.3 Elevated Ozone Concentrations |
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13.2.10 Increased UV-B Radiation Fluxes |
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14 Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Medicinal Systems from Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan: An Ethnoecological Perspective |
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14.1.1 Ethnoecology, Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), and Climate Change |
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14.1.2 TEK and Medicinal Plants - Global Perspective |
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14.1.3 Regional Profile of Gilgit-Baltistan |
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14.1.4 Ethnographic Profile of the Region |
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14.1.5 Geographic Division of Gilgit Baltistan |
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14.1.6 Key Geographic Features of Gilgit-Baltistan |
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14.1.7 Sources of Livelihoods for the Local Communities |
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14.2 Occurrence and Markets for Medicinal Plants in Gilgit-Baltistan |
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14.3 Medicinal Systems and Affiliations |
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Index |
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