Climate Change and Soil-Water-Plant Nexus by Rahman, Md. Mizanur; Biswas, Jatish Chandra; Meena, Ram Swaroop;

Long description:

The edited book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of scientific developments in agricultural sustainability under changing climate conditions. It focuses on the linkages among soil, water, and crops and their management options to maintain soil health and ensure a sustainable crop production environment. The book addresses the scenarios and challenges of agricultural sustainability in the face of climatic change.

With increasing pressure on our limited land and water resources to produce higher crop yields for a growing global population, the efficient use of soil, water, and fertilizers is crucial for achieving most of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The book presents climate change mitigation and adaptation options to help achieve these SDGs. It highlights the impact of climate variability on agricultural production and the functions of ecosystems, emphasizing the importance of developing climate-resilient agriculture to sustain food production and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The book explores the soil-water-plant nexus and its response to changing climate, characterizing seasonal and inter-annual climatic variability in crop growth and yield. Different chapters evaluate the effects of climate change on soil health degradation, depletion of soil nutrients and carbon contents, and crop responses to climate variability.

This book is of interest to academicians, researchers, scientists, capacity builders, and policymakers. Extension personnel will benefit from its insights, and it serves as valuable supporting material for graduate students of agriculture, forestry, ecology, soil science, and environmental sciences in understanding and designing their own research.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Soil and Water: A Source of Life.- Chapter 2: Technological Intervention for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation.- Chapter 3: Digital Soil Mapping: A Tool for Sustainable Soil Management.- Chapter 4: Advances in the Use of Remote Sensing Techniques to Assess Crop Nitrogen Status.- Chapter 5: Nitrogen Management Options: Challenges Potentials, and Prospects.- Chapter 6:Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Agricultural Sustainability.- Chapter 7: Soil, Water and Crop Management Practices to Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emission.- Chapter 8:Role of microorganisms in soil health management.- Chapter 9: Climate Change and its Impacts on Disease Dynamics in Major Cereal Crops.- Chapter 10: Interannual Climate Variability and its Impacts on Major Crop Productivity.- Chapter 11:Plant Nutrient Availability in Acid Soil and Management Strategies.- Chapter 12:Nutrient and Soil Moisture Dynamics under Changing Climate.- Chapter 13:Soil Management and Crop Adaptation in The Saline Areas.- Chapter 14:Current Scenario and Challenges for Agricultural Sustainability.- Chapter 15: Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change Mitigation.- Chapter 16: Agricultural Abiotic Stresses in the Tropical and Sub-Tropical Agroecosystem.- Chapter 17: Consumption of Biologically Fixed Green Nitrogen and Agricultural Sustainability.- Chapter 18: Land Use Change and Soil Erosion: Way Forward to Management.