Crop Survival Strategies and Agronomic Practices Facing Potential Climate Change Impact
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2021) | Viewed by 2702
Special Issue Editor
Interests: agrometeorology; climate and its impacts on agriculture; crop water management; viticulture and environment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As crops are pedoclimatic sensitive species, impacts on plant growth and development and on resulting yield and quality parameters are projected to occur under climate change conditions (including changing patterns of temperature and precipitation). Depending on the crop and variety, plants can develop strategies (e.g., stomatal control) to cope with critical conditions of atmospheric evaporative demand and soil water availability. These responses are influenced by adaptation strategies involving cultural practices. The adequate selection of the species/variety, training system, and soil and irrigation management stand out as some of the most important adaptation strategies for the present and future times.
This Special Issue seeks original research that addresses crop survival strategies and agricultural management practices under the challenges of potential climate change conditions. Reviews as well as experimental and/or modelling studies assessing the impacts at organ, plant, canopy, and/or crop levels are welcome. Papers can focus on understanding the impacts of climate change and climate variability in the crop responses (e.g., at physiological and agronomical levels). A further topic of interest is the study of water movement from the soil through the whole plant and the boundary layer (soil–plant–atmosphere continuum). The influence of climate variability and extreme events on crop water relations, water-use efficiency, and adaptation measures will also be taken into consideration.
Prof. Dr. Aureliano C. Malheiro
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- adaptation measures
- abiotic stress
- canopy and soil management
- climate change impact
- crop adaptations strategies
- crop yield and quality
- plant water status indicators
- plant-based methods
- water-use efficiency
