Technical article · Innovak News
Climate change has intensified the incidence of stressful abiotic conditions for agricultural crops. Despite the inherent capacity of crops to adapt to environmental conditions, their natural processes and increased genetic variability cannot keep pace with climate change and its side effects. This situation poses a significant challenge for global food security.
Crop responses to abiotic stress are species-specific and can cause reversible or irreversible changes in physiology and metabolism. The main causes of global abiotic stress that negatively affect crop development and productivity include heat, drought, and salinity. According to a recent study (Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023), abiotic stress can reduce yields by more than 60% compared to record yields.
The FAO reported that only 3.5% of the world's land surface is unaffected by environmental limitations, suggesting a global crisis that may limit food security. Since environmental conditions cannot be controlled, it is necessary to develop technologies, agronomic techniques, and products that help crops become more tolerant to these changes - an integrated, adaptive approach is essential to guarantee food security in a context of constant climate change.
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