ABSTRACT
Change of climate over time has led to decrease in crop yield due to inadequate rainfall, various abiotic stresses, potential weeds, pests and diseases caused by fungi, bacteria and viruses. Biotechnology and the application of advanced techniques in agriculture will help in creating plants that will adapt to these new climatic conditions. One of the important ways of adapting to such changes is to apply agricultural biotechnological strategies that counter the effects of such changes by improving crop productivities per unit area of land cultivars. The increasing
Abstract 159 6.1 Introduction 160 6.2 Industrial agriculture and the climate change 161 6.3 Biotechnology for climate change mitigation and
crop adaptation 164 6.4 Biotechnology for climate change mitigation 164 6.5 Biotechnology for crop adaptation 167
Adaptation to abiotic stresses 168 Adaptation to biotic stresses 171
6.6 Conclusion 172 Acknowledgements 172 References 172
demand for food crops worldwide can be satised in two ways: rst is to increase the area under production and the second is to improve productivity on existing arable land.
