This book addresses the current state of climate change predictions, and how climate change will affect conservation and use of crop germplasm, both ex situ and in situ. Examples of germplasm research related to 'climate change threats' are also highlighted.

Contributions by: Gerald Moore, Robert S Zeigler, Richard Betts, Pam Berry, Andy Jarvis, Nora Castaneda Alvarez, William Erskine, Abdelbagi Ismail, Nigel Maxted, Geoff Hawtin, Kenneth McNally, Helen Ougham, Ianto Thomas, Mauricio Bellon, Sue Armstrong, Wayne Powell, PV Vara Prasad, John Sheehy, Hari D Upadhyaya, David Mackill, Jeremy Pritchard, Ben Vosman, Colette Broekgaarden, Salvatore Ceccarelli