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Adapting crop production to climate change and air pollution at different scales

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Air pollution and climate change are tightly interconnected and jointly affect field crop production and agroecosystem health. Although our understanding of the individual and combined impacts of air pollution and climate change factors is improving, the adaptation of crop production to concurrent air pollution and climate change remains challenging to resolve. Here we evaluate recent advances in the adaptation of crop production to climate change and air pollution at the plant, field and ecosystem scales. The main approaches at the plant level include the integration of genetic variation, molecular breeding and phenotyping. Field-level techniques include optimizing cultivation practices, promoting mixed cropping and diversification, and applying technologies such as antiozonants, nanotechnology and robot-assisted farming. Plant- and field-level techniques would be further facilitated by enhancing soil resilience, incorporating precision agriculture and modifying the hydrology and microclimate of agricultural landscapes at the ecosystem level. Strategies and opportunities for crop production under climate change and air pollution are discussed.

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Fig. 1: Adaptation of crop production to air pollution and climate change at the plant, field and ecosystem levels.
Fig. 2: Overcoming current limitations in adapting agroecosystems to climate change and air pollution at different scales.

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This study was supported by the Sino-German Mobility Programme (M-0105) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant nos. 42130714, 42207123 and 42107270). Partial funding by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany’s Excellence Strategy – EXC 2070 – 390732324 is also gratefully acknowledged.

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Agathokleous, E., Frei, M., Knopf, O.M. et al. Adapting crop production to climate change and air pollution at different scales. Nat Food 4, 854–865 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00858-y

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