Climate Refuges in Nigeria for Oil Palm in Response to Future Climate and Fusarium Wilt Stresses.

ABSTRACT: The detrimental stresses of future climate change are well known and decisions are required to reduce their effects. Climate and disease stresses cause severe damage to plants and it is essential to understand how they will respond. Oil palm (OP) is an Fusarium important crop for many countries. The palm originated in Africa, where palm oil is produced in the largest amount within the continent by Nigeria. OP becomes stressed by climate change and wilt, a devastating disease of OP in Africa. Previous methods to determine the suitability of future climate on OP in continents and whole countries were applied to Nigeria, which is the first time an individual country has been assessed in this manner. Climate maps of Nigeria were divided equally into 16 regions from north to south and east to w

SUBMITTER: Paterson RRM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9967377 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature