Climate Change/Air Quality Laboratory
Strategies to Predict and Manipulate Responses of Crops and Crop Disease to Anticipated Changes of Carbon Dioxide, Ozone and Temperature
| The long-term objectives of this laboratory are to improve our ability to predict how cropping systems will respond to projected changes in climate and formulate adaptive management practices. |
An underlying theme of the research is the potential use of genetic selection to adapt and enhance crop productivity in a changing climate. |
The air quality and climate change factors of interest are carbon dioxide, ozone, temperature and vapor pressure deficit. |
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Soybean germplasm is being evaluated for ozone tolerance, and ozone-tolerance genes are being mapped.
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Interactions between climate change factors and stem rust in wheat are being investigated.
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Field experiments with elevated carbon dioxide and ozone improve our understanding of how air pollution and climate change affect crop productivity.
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