Note: Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I Introduction -- 1 Introduction to "Sustainable Agriculture in Egypt: Climate Change Mitigation" -- 1.1 Background -- 1.1.1 Concept of Sustainability -- 1.1.2 Concept of Vulnerability -- 1.1.3 Concept of Adaptation -- 1.1.4 Concept of Stability -- 1.2 Purpose of the Book -- 1.3 Scope of the Book -- 1.4 Themes of the Book and Contribution of the Chapters -- References -- Part II Impact of Climate Change on Sustainable Crop Production and the Physiological and Biochemical Basis for Crops Tolerance -- 2 Climate Change and Its Impact on Sustainable Crop Production -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Critical Periods of Crop Plants to Environmental Stress -- 2.3 Impact of Climate Change on Sustainable Crop Production -- 2.4 Impact of Climate Change on Interrelationships Among Yield Traits of Field Crops -- 2.4.1 Wheat -- 2.4.2 Rice -- 2.4.3 Faba Bean -- 2.4.4 Sesame -- 2.4.5 Sunflower -- 2.4.6 Cotton -- 2.5 Conclusions -- 2.6 Recommendations -- References -- 3 Foundations of Crop Tolerance to Climate Change: Plant Traits Relevant to Stress Tolerance -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Plant Traits Relevant to Environmental Stress Tolerance -- 3.2.1 Rapid Growth and Early Maturity -- 3.2.2 Morphological Traits -- 3.2.3 Physiological Traits -- 3.2.4 Biochemical and Molecular Base -- 3.3 Conclusions -- 3.4 Recommendations -- References -- Part III Improve Crop Adaptability and Stability to Climate Change and Modern Technology -- 4 Approaches in Wheat to Mitigate Impact of Climate Change -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Genotype × Environment Interaction and Its Relation to Climate Change -- 4.3 Performance of Wheat Genotypes in Response to Environmental Changes -- 4.3.1 Earliness Characteristics -- 4.3.2 Morpho-physiological Characters -- 4.3.3 Yield and Its Components -- 4.3.4 Protein Content. , 4.4 Adaptability and Yield Stability in Relation to Environmental Changes -- 4.5 Additive Main Effects and Multiplicative Interaction -- 4.6 Gene Action, Genetic Behavior and Heritability for Wheat Traits Related to Environmental Stress -- 4.7 How Can Measure Sensitivity of Wheat to Environmental Stress? -- 4.7.1 Stress Sensitivity Measurements -- 4.8 Role of Recent Approaches -- 4.8.1 Biotechnology -- 4.8.2 Nano Technology -- 4.9 Agricultural Practices to Mitigate Environmental Stress on Wheat -- 4.10 Conclusions -- 4.11 Recommendations -- References -- 5 Approaches in Rice to Mitigate Impact of Climate Change -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Genotype × Environment Interaction and Its Relation to Climate Change -- 5.3 Performance of Rice Genotypes in Response to Environmental Changes -- 5.3.1 Earliness and Photoperiod Characteristics -- 5.3.2 Yield and Its Components -- 5.4 Adaptability and Yield Stability in Relation to Environmental Changes -- 5.5 Additive Main Effects and Multiplicative Interaction -- 5.6 Gene Action, Genetic Behavior and Heritability for Rice Traits Related to Environmental Stress -- 5.7 Role of Recent Approaches? -- 5.7.1 Biotechnology -- 5.7.2 Nano Technology -- 5.8 How Can Measure Sensitivity of Rice to Environmental Stress -- 5.8.1 Stress Sensitivity Measurements -- 5.9 Agricultural Practices to Mitigate Environmental Stress on Rice -- 5.10 Conclusions -- 5.11 Recommendations -- References -- 6 Approaches in Faba Bean to Mitigate Impact of Climate Change -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Genotype × Environment Interaction and Its Relation to Climatic Change on Faba Bean Production -- 6.3 Performance of Faba Bean Genotypes in Response to Environmental Changes -- 6.4 Adaptability and Yield Stability -- 6.5 Additive Main Effects and Multiplicative Interaction. , 6.6 Gene Action, Genetic Behavior and Heritability for Faba Bean Traits Related to Environmental Stress Tolerance -- 6.7 Role of Recent Approaches -- 6.7.1 Biotechnology -- 6.7.2 Nano Technology -- 6.8 How Can Measure Sensitivity of Faba Bean Genotypes to Environmental Stress? -- 6.8.1 Stress Sensitivity Measurements -- 6.9 Agricultural Practices to Mitigate Environmental Stress on Faba Bean -- 6.10 Conclusions -- 6.11 Recommendations -- References -- 7 Approaches in Sesame to Mitigate Impact of Climate Change -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Genotype × Environment Interaction and Its Relation to Climatic Change on Sesame Production -- 7.3 Performance of Sesame Genotypes in Response to Environmental Changes -- 7.4 Adaptability and Yield Stability -- 7.5 Additive Main Effects and Multiplicative Interaction -- 7.6 Gene Action, Genetic Behavior and Heritability for Sesame Traits Related to Environmental Stress Tolerance -- 7.7 Role of Recent Approaches? -- 7.7.1 Biotechnology -- 7.7.2 Nano Technology -- 7.8 How Can Measure Sensitivity of Sesame Genotypes to Environmental Stress -- 7.8.1 Stress Sensitivity Measurements -- 7.9 Agricultural Practices to Mitigate Environmental Stress on Sesame -- 7.10 Conclusions -- 7.11 Recommendations -- References -- 8 Approaches in Sunflower to Mitigate Impact of Climate Change -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Genotype × Environment Interaction and Its Relation to Climatic Change on Sunflower Production -- 8.3 Performance of Sunflower Genotypes in Response to Environmental Changes -- 8.4 Adaptability and Yield Stability -- 8.5 Additive Main Effects and Multiplicative Interaction -- 8.6 Gene Action, Genetic Behavior and Heritability for Sunflower -- 8.7 Role of Recent Approaches? -- 8.7.1 Biotechnology -- 8.7.2 Nano Technology -- 8.8 How Can Measure Sensitivity of Sunflower Genotypes to Environmental Stress. , 8.8.1 Stress Sensitivity Measurements -- 8.9 Agricultural Practices to Mitigate Environmental Stress on Sunflower -- 8.10 Conclusions -- 8.11 Recommendations -- References -- Part IV Conclusions and Recommendations -- 9 Approaches in Cotton to Mitigate Impact of Climate Change -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Genotype × Environment Interaction and Its Relation to Climatic Change on Cotton Traits -- 9.3 Performance of Cotton Genotypes in Response to Environmental Changes -- 9.4 Adaptability and Yield Stability -- 9.5 Additive Main Effects and Multiplicative Interaction -- 9.6 Gene Action, Genetic Behavior and Heritability for Cotton Traits Related to Environmental Stress Tolerance -- 9.7 Role of Recent Approaches? -- 9.7.1 Biotechnology -- 9.7.2 Nano-Technology -- 9.8 How Can Measure Sensitivity of Cotton Genotypes to Environmental Stress -- 9.8.1 Stress Sensitivity Measurements -- 9.9 Agricultural Practices to Mitigate Environmental Stress on Cotton -- 9.10 Conclusions -- 9.11 Recommendations -- References -- 10 Update, Conclusions, and Recommendations of "Sustainable Agriculture in Egypt: Climate Change Mitigation" -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Update -- 10.3 Conclusions -- 10.3.1 Climate Change and Its Impact on Crop Production -- 10.3.2 Foundations of Crop Tolerance to Environmental Stress and Plant Traits Relevant to Stress Tolerance -- 10.3.3 Improve Crop Adaptability and Stability to Climate Change and Modern Technology -- 10.4 Recommendations -- 10.4.1 Climate Change and Its Impact on Crop Production -- 10.4.2 Foundations of Crop Tolerance to Environmental Stress and Plant Traits Relevant to Stress Tolerance -- 10.4.3 Improve Crop Adaptability and Stability to Climate Change and Modern Technology -- References.