Strategies to mitigate sugarcane global warming consequences in Punjab, India

Abstract

Global warming is the topical issue under which temperature projected to rise from 1.1 to 2.9oC (low emission) or 2.0 to 5.4°C (high emission) by 2100 relative to 1980–1999. Global warming increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events viz. erratic rainfalls, floods, droughts, acidification of oceans etc., which further affected the photosynthesis, transpiration, respiration, enzymatic regulations and finally land and water productivity. Some adaptation and management strategies which could be followed in sugarcane growing areas to mitigate the consequences of the global warming have been discussed here.