30 years of free‐air carbon dioxide enrichment (FACE): What have we learned about future crop productivity and its potential for adaptation?

EA Ainsworth, SP Long - Global change biology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Free‐air CO2 enrichment (FACE) allows open‐air elevation of [CO2] without altering the
microclimate. Its scale uniquely supports simultaneous study from physiology and yield to …

Ground-level ozone pollution in China: a synthesis of recent findings on influencing factors and impacts

T Wang, L Xue, Z Feng, J Dai, Y Zhang… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Ozone (O3) in the troposphere is an air pollutant and a greenhouse gas. In mainland China,
after the Air Pollution Prevention and Action Plan was implemented in 2013—and despite …

Climate change and global food systems: potential impacts on food security and undernutrition

SS Myers, MR Smith, S Guth, CD Golden… - Annual review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Great progress has been made in addressing global undernutrition over the past several
decades, in part because of large increases in food production from agricultural expansion …

Understanding and improving global crop response to ozone pollution

EA Ainsworth - The Plant Journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Concentrations of ground‐level ozone ([O3]) over much of the Earth's land surface have
more than doubled since pre‐industrial times. The air pollutant is highly variable over time …

The effects of tropospheric ozone on net primary productivity and implications for climate change

EA Ainsworth, CR Yendrek, S Sitch… - Annual review of …, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Tropospheric ozone (O3) is a global air pollutant that causes billions of dollars in lost plant
productivity annually. It is an important anthropogenic greenhouse gas, and as a secondary …

Ground-level O3 pollution and its impacts on food crops in China: a review

Z Feng, E Hu, X Wang, L Jiang, X Liu - Environmental Pollution, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Ground-level ozone (O 3) pollution has become one of the top environmental
issues in China, especially in those economically vibrant and densely populated regions. In …

Stressed food–The impact of abiotic environmental stresses on crop quality

Y Wang, M Frei - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2011 - Elsevier
Abiotic environmental stresses negatively impact crop productivity and are major constraints
to global food security. As a consequence of global change, certain stress factors such as …

Possible changes to arable crop yields by 2050

KW Jaggard, A Qi, ES Ober - … Transactions of the …, 2010 - royalsocietypublishing.org
By 2050, the world population is likely to be 9.1 billion, the CO2 concentration 550 ppm, the
ozone concentration 60 ppb and the climate warmer by ca 2° C. In these conditions, what …

Effect of ozone stress on crop productivity: A threat to food security

A Ramya, P Dhevagi, R Poornima… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Tropospheric ozone (O 3), the most important phytotoxic air pollutant, can
deteriorate crop quality and productivity. Notably, satellite and ground-level observations …

Rooting for cassava: insights into photosynthesis and associated physiology as a route to improve yield potential

AP De Souza, LN Massenburg, D Jaiswal… - New …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
As a consequence of an increase in world population, food demand is expected to grow by
up to 110% in the next 30–35 yr. The population of sub‐Saharan Africa is projected to …