Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Climate Change, Population Growth, and Crop Production: An Overview / Hermann Lotze-Campen -- Downscaling Global Climatic Predictions to the Regional Level: A Case Study of Regional Effects of Climate Change on Wheat Crop Production in Victoria, Australia / Garry O'Leary, Brendan Christy, Anna Weeks, James Nuttall, Penny Riffkin, Craig Beverly, Glenn Fitzgerald -- Agroecology: Implications for Plant Response to Climate Change / Jerry L Hatfield, John H Prueger -- Impacts of Climate Change on Crop Production in Latin America / Andy Jarvis, Julian Ramirez, Osana Bonilla-Findji, Emmanuel Zapata -- Changing Climate in North America: Implications for Crops / Jerry L Hatfield -- Regional Impacts of Climate Change: Africa / Ranjana Bhattacharjee, Bonny R Ntare, Emmanuel Otoo, Pius Z Yanda -- Regional Climate Impacts on Agriculture in Europe / Hermann Lotze-Campen -- Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations in the Countries of the Former Soviet Union / Andrei Kirilenko, Nikolay Dronin -- Climate Change Impact in Agriculture: Vulnerability and Adaptation Concerns of Semiarid Tropics in Asia / Naveen P Singh, Ma Cynthia S Bantilan, A Ashok Kumar, Pasupuleti Janila, Abu Wali R Hassan -- Climate Change Impacts in Japan and Southeast Asia: Implications for Crop Adaptation / Sivapuram V R K Prabhakar -- Regional Impacts: Australia / Mark S Howden, Steven J Crimp -- Synthesis of Regional Impacts and Global Agricultural Adjustments / Neil C Turner, Rolf Meyer -- Impacts of High-Temperature Stress and Potential Opportunities for Breeding / Rishi P Singh, P V Vara Prasad, Ambrish K Sharma, K Raja Reddy -- Responses to Increased Moisture Stress and Extremes: Whole Plant Response to Drought under Climate Change / Vincent Vadez, Jana Kholova, Sunita Choudhary, Paul Zindy, M̌dulline Terrier, Lakshman Krishnamurthy, Pasala Ratna Kumar, Neil C Turner -- Plant Responses to Increased Carbon Dioxide / S Seneweera, R M Norton -- Genetics Options for Improving the Productivity of Wheat in Water-Limited and Temperature-Stressed Environments / R M Trethowan, T Mahmood -- Genetic Adjustment to Changing Climates: Pea / Clarice J Coyne, Rebecca J McGee, Robert J Redden, Mike J Ambrose, Bonnie J Furman, Carol A Miles -- Genetic Adjustment to Changing Climates: Chickpea / Muhammad Imtiaz, Rajinder S Malhotra, Shyam S Yadav -- Genetic Adjustment to Changing Climates: / Ǧrard Duc, Wolfgang Link, Pascal Marget, Robert J Redden, Frederick L Stoddard, Ana Maria Torres, Jose I Cubero -- Adaptation of the Potato Crop to Changing Climates / Roland Schafleitner, Julian Ramirez, Andy Jarvis, Daniele Evers, Raymundo Gutierrez, Mariah Scurrah -- Genetic Adjustment to Changing Climates: Rice / Tanguy Lafarge, Shaobing Peng, Toshihiro Hasegawa, William P Quick, S V Krishna Jagadish, Reiner Wassmann -- Genetic Adjustment to Changing Climates: Maize / Mark E Westgate, Jerry L Hatfield -- Sorghum Genetic Enhancement for Climate Change Adaptation / Belum V S Reddy, A Ashok Kumar, Sampangiramireddy Ramesh, Pulluru S Reddy -- Breeding Cowpea for Future Climates / Anthony E Hall -- Genetic Improvement of Common Beans and the Challenges of Climate Change / Stephen Beebe, Julian Ramirez, Andy Jarvis, Idupulapati M Rao, Gloria Mosquera, Juan M Bueno, Matthew W Blair -- Improving Soybean Cultivars for Adaptation to Climate Change and Climate Variability / Kenneth J Boote -- Genetic Adjustment to Changing Climates: Vegetables / Robert C de la Pęa, Andreas W Ebert, Paul A Gniffke, Peter Hanson, Rachael C Symonds -- Adaptation of Cassava to Changing Climates / Herǹn Ceballos, Julian Ramirez, Anthony C Bellotti, Andy Jarvis, Elizabeth Alvarez -- Changing Climates: Effects on Growing Conditions for Banana and Plantain (spp.) and Possible Responses / Julian Ramirez, Andy Jarvis, Inge Van den Bergh, Charles Staver, David Turner -- Genetic Adjustment to Changing Climates: Sugarcane / Geoff Inman-Bamber, Phillip Jackson, Maryse Bourgault -- Breeding Oilseed for Climate Change / Phillip A Salisbury, Martin J Barbetti -- The Genetic Envelope of Winegrape Vines: Potential for Adaptation to Future Climate Challenges / Leanne B Webb, Peter R Clingeleffer, Stephen D Tyerman -- The Potential of Climate Change Adjustment in Crops: A Synthesis / Robert J Redden, Shyam S Yadav, Jerry L Hatfield, Boddupalli M Prasanna, Surinder K Vasal, Tanguy Lafarge -- Crop Germplasm Diversity: The Role of Gene Bank Collections in Facilitating Adaptation to Climate Change / Laura K Snook, M Ehsan Dulloo, Andy Jarvis, Xavier Scheldeman, Margaret Kneller -- Underutilized Species and Climate Change: Current Status and Outlook / Stefano Padulosi, Vernon Heywood, Danny Hunter, Andy Jarvis -- Wild Relative and Transgenic Innovation for Enhancing Crop Adaptation to Warmer and Drier Climate / Gang-Ping Xue, C Lynne McIntyre -- Energy Crops to Combat Climate Change / Abdullah A Jaradat -- Research from the Past to the Future / EC (Ted) Wolfe -- Index.

Climate change, population growth and crop production: an overview / Hermann Lotze-Campen -- Modelling regional effects of climate change on wheat crop production in Victoria, Australia / Garry O'Leary [and others] -- Agroecology: implications for plant response to climate change / Jerry L. Hatfield and John H. Prueger -- Impacts of climate change on crop production in Latin America / Andy Jarvis [and others] -- Changing climate in North America: implications for crops / Jerry L. Hatfield -- Regional impacts of climate change: Africa / Ranjana Bhattacharjee [and others] -- Regional impacts: Europe / Hermann Lotze-Campen -- Climate change impacts and adaptations in the countries of the former Soviet Union / Andrei Kirilenko and Nikolay Dronin -- Climate change impact in agriculture: vulnerability and adaptation concerns of semi arid tropics in Asia / Naveen P. Singh [and others] -- Climate change impacts in Japan and Southeast Asia: implications for crop adaptation / S.V.R.K. Prabhakar -- Regional impacts: Australia / S.M. Howden and S.J. Crimp -- Synthesis of regional impacts and global agricultural adjustments / Neil C. Turner and Rolf Meyer -- Impacts of high-temperature stress and potential opportunities for breeding / R.P. Singh [and others] -- Whole plant response to drought under climate change / Vincent Vadez [and others] -- Plant responses to increased carbon dioxide / S. Seneweera and R.M. Norton -- Genetics options for improving the productivity of wheat in water-limited and temperature stressed environments / R.M. Trethowan and T. Mahmood -- Genetic adjustment to changing climates: pea / Clarice J. Coyne [and others] -- Genetic adjustment to changing climates: chickpea / M. Imtiaz, R.S. Malhotra, and Shyam S. Yadav -- Genetic adjustment to changing climates: Vicia faba / Gérard Duc [and others] -- Adaptation of the potato crop to changing climates / Roland Schafleitner [and others] -- Genetic adjustment to changing climates: rice / T. Lafarge [and others] -- Genetic adjustment to changing climates: maize / Mark E. Westgate and Jerry L. Hatfield -- Sorghum genetic enhancement for climate change adaptation / Belum V.S. Reddy [and others] -- Breeding cowpea for future climates / Anthony E. Hall -- Genetic improvement of common beans and the challenges of climate change / S. Beebe [and others] -- Improving soybean cultivars for adaptation to climate change and climate variability / K.J. Boote -- Genetic adjustment to changing climates: vegetables / R.C. de la Pe±a [and others] -- Adaptation of cassava to changing climates / Hernan Ceballos [and others] -- Changing climates: effects on growing conditions for banana and plantain (Musa spp.) and possible responses / Julian Ramørez [and others] -- Genetic adjustment to changing climates: sugarcane / Geoff Inman-Bamber, Phillip Jackson and Maryse Bourgault -- Breeding oilseed brassica for climate change / P.A. Salisbury and M.J. Barbetti -- The genetic envelope of wine grapevines: potential for adaptation to future climate challenges / Leanne B. Webb, Peter R. Clingeleffer and Stephen D. Tyerman -- The potential of climate change adjustment in crops: a synthesis / Redden R. and Shyam S. Yadav -- Crop germplasm diversity: the role of gene bank collections in facilitating adaptation to climate change / Laura K. Snook [and others] -- Underutilized species and climate change -- current status and outlook / Padulosi S. [and others] -- Wild relative and transgenic innovation for enhancing crop adaptation to warmer and drier climate / Gang-Ping Xue and C. Lynne McIntyre -- Energy crops to combat climate change / Abdullah A. Jaradat -- Research from the past to the future / EC (Ted) Wolfe.