Climate change: A crop protection challenge for the twenty-first century

Pest Management Science

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 691-696

  Gustafson, David I ^a  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Climate change mitigation; Drought; Global warming; Monsanto Fellows

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DROUGHT; GROWING SEASON; INVESTMENT LOCATION; MITIGATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79955521738     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.2109     Document Type: Article

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