Table Of ContentSolar, Net, and Photosynthetic Radiation J. Mark Blonquist Jr. Bruce Bugbee 1 Air Temperature J. Mark Blonquist Jr. Bruce Bugbee 51 Soil Temperature and Heat Flux Thomas J. Sauer, Xiaoyang Peng 73 Atmospheric Humidity John M. Baker, Timothy J. Griffis 95 A Brief Overview of Approaches for Measuring Evapotranspiration J.G. Alfieri, W.P. Kustas, M.C. Anderson 109 Photosynthesis Elizabeth Ainsworth 129 Biological Linkages to Climatology Jerry L. Hatfield, Erica Kistner-Thomas, Christian Dold 153 Modeling the Effects of Genotypic and Environmental Variation on Maize Phenology: The Phenology Subroutine of the AgMaize Crop Model Matthijs Tollenaar, Kofikuma Dzotsi, Saratha Kumudini, Kenneth Boote, Keru Chen, Jerry Hatfield, James W. Jones, Jon I. Lizaso, R.L. Nielsen, Peter Thomison, Dennis J. Timlin, Oscar Valentinuz, Tony J. Vyn, Haishan Yang 173 Agroclimatology of Maize, Sorghum, and Pearl Millet P.V.V. Prasad,*, M. Djanaguiraman, Z.P. Stewart, I.A. Ciampitti 201 Agroclimatology of Oats, Barley, and Minor Millets M. Djanaguiraman P.V.V. Prasad, Z.P. Stewart, R. Perumal, D. Min, I. Djalovic, I.A. Ciampitti 243 Modeling Soybean Phenology C.F. Shaykewich, P.R. Bullock 279 Modeling Canola Phenology C.F. Shaykewich, P.R. Bullock 303 Vegetables and Climate Change M.R. McDonald, J. Warland 327 Cotton and Climate Change Allyson 'A.J.' Williams, David McRae, Louis Kouadio Shahbaz Mushtaq, Peter Davis 343 Agroclimatology in Grasslands David H. Cobon, Walter E. Baethgen, Willem Landman, Allyson Williams ,Emma Archer van Garderen ,Peter Johnston ,Johan Malherbe, Phumzile Maluleke ,Ikalafeng Ben Kgakatsi, Peter Davis 369 Perennial Systems (Temperate Fruit Trees and Grapes) Jeffrey A. Andresen, William J. Baule 425 Methods of Agroclimatology: Modeling Approaches for Pests and Diseases Simone Orlandini, Roger D. Magarey, Eun Woo Park, Marc Sporleder, Jürgen Kroschel 453 Measurement Techniques, Allan Howard, Aston Chipanshi, Andrew Davidson, Raymond Desjardins, Andrii Kolotii, Nataliia Kussul, Heather McNairn, Sergii Skakun, Andrii Shelestov 489 Crop Models as Tools for Agroclimatology Heidi Webber, Munir Hoffmann, Ehsan Eyshi Rezaei 519 Modeling Soil Dynamic Processes Bruno Basso, Davide Cammarano, Massimiliano De Antononi Migliorati Bernardo Maestrini, Benjamin Dumont, Peter R. Grace 547 The Role of Fish in a Globally Changing Food System A.J. Lynch, J.R. MacMillan 579 Climate Change Effects on Arthropod Diversity and its Implications for Pest Management and Sustainable Crop Production Hari C. Sharma, Mukesh K. Dhillon* 595 Climate Extremes and Impacts on Agriculture Mannava V.K. Sivakumar 621
SynopsisCan we unlock resilience to climate stress by better understanding linkages between the environment and biological systems? Agroclimatology allows us to explore how different processes determine plant response to climate and how climate drives the distribution of crops and their productivity. Editors Jerry L. Hatfield, Mannava V.K. Sivakumar, and John H. Prueger have taken a comprehensive view of agroclimatology to assist and challenge researchers in this important area of study. Major themes include: principles of energy exchange and climatology, understanding climate change and agriculture, linkages of specific biological systems to climatology, the context of pests and diseases, methods of agroclimatology, and the application of agroclimatic principles to problem-solving in agriculture.