The Role of Research for Vegetable Production Under a Changing Climate Future Trends and Goals

Abstract

Vegetables are known as protective foods as they are rich in micronutrients, vitamins and health benefiting compounds. Now a days, our climate is changing which effects both quality and production of most of the vegetable crops worldwide. Vegetables are very perishable and highly sensitive to climate variability and high temperature during growing is the major cause of low yields and will be further magnified by climate change. Other climatic factors like low temperature, flooding, water stress, drought, rainfall and salinity would be major limiting factors in increasing vegetable productivity. But various management practices have developed which raise the yield and quality grown under different climatic situations. Improvement of vegetable crops through biotechnology, genetic engineering, protected cultivation, grafting are an appropriate adaptation strategies to cope with climate change. Various agronomic practices like organic farming, conservation tillage, mulching and cropping system are able to reduce the challenges of climate change. The population of various insect and pest are also increasing due to change in climate.