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Block 2:
Climate change
Unit I:
Contributing factors: Introduction to climate change, factors
contributing to climate change, change in temperature, rainfall,
humidity, rise in the atmospheric CO
2
levels, tropospheric ozone levels,
extreme climatic events.
Unit II:
Carbon trading: Global warming, carbon trading, role of green
housegases, impact on productivity of PSMA crops. Clean development
mechanism.
Unit III:
Impact of climate change on PSMA crops: Plantation crops, Spice
crops, Medicinal and aromatic crops.
Block 3:
Climate resilient technologies
Unit I:
Varieties: Plantation crops, Spice crops, Medicinal and aromatic crops.
Unit II:
Climate resilient technologies: Plantation crops, Spice crops, Medicinal
and aromatic crops.
Unit III:
Waste management: Alternate farming systems, Zero waste
management, Microbial waste management.
VII. Practical
• Analysis of plant stress factors;
• Relative water content;
• Chlorophyll stability index;
• Plant waxes;
• Stomatal diffusive resistance;
• Transpiration;

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• Photosynthetic rates;
• Calculation of water use efficiency and growth rates;
• Identifying abiotic stress symptoms and injuries;
• Use of antitranspirants;
• Managing nutrient stress;
• Stress management by hormones;
• Screening for abiotic stress tolerance;
• Weather data analyses and quantification of climate change;
• Cropping pattern changes due to climate extremities;
• Phenological and quality changes in PSMAs;
• Pesticide residue analysis in PSMAs.
VIII. Learning outcome
The learner is expected to get empowered on
• the impact of abiotic stress on PSMA crop production
• the mitigation measures to be adopted for sustaining PSMA crop production