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Rice: Importance for Global Nutrition by FUKAGAWA, Naomi K., ZISKA, Lewis H.

“…Rice, a staple food for more than half of the world’s population, is grown in >100 countries with 90% of the total global production from Asia. Although there…”
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Anthropogenic climate change and allergen exposure: The role of plant biology by Ziska, Lewis H., PhD, Beggs, Paul J., PhD

“…Accumulation of anthropogenic gases, particularly CO2 , is likely to have 2 fundamental effects on plant biology. The first is an indirect effect through…”
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Predicting plant invasions in an era of global change by Bradley, Bethany A., Blumenthal, Dana M., Wilcove, David S., Ziska, Lewis H.

“…The relationship between plant invasions and global change is complex. Whereas some components of global change, such as rising CO 2, usually promote invasion,…”
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Increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide: Anticipated negative effects on food quality by Ebi, Kristie L, Ziska, Lewis H

“…In a Perspective, Kristie Ebi and Lewis Ziska discuss Weyant and colleagues' accompanying study on the projected effects of atmospheric carbon dioxide on…”
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Climate Change and the Herbicide Paradigm: Visiting the Future by Ziska, Lewis H.

“…Weeds are recognized globally as a major constraint to crop production and food security. In recent decades, that constraint has been minimized through the…”
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Climate, Carbon Dioxide, and Plant-Based Aero-Allergens: A Deeper Botanical Perspective by Ziska, Lewis H

“…There is global evidence of a general increase in the incidence and prevalence of respiratory diseases including allergic rhinitis and associated asthma. This…”
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Temperature-related changes in airborne allergenic pollen abundance and seasonality across the northern hemisphere: a retrospective data analysis by Ziska, Lewis H, Makra, László, Harry, Susan K, Bruffaerts, Nicolas, Hendrickx, Marijke, Coates, Frances, Saarto, Annika, Thibaudon, Michel, Oliver, Gilles, Damialis, Athanasios, Charalampopoulos, Athanasios, Vokou, Despoina, Heiđmarsson, Starri, Guđjohnsen, Ellý, Bonini, Maira, Oh, Jae-Won, Sullivan, Krista, Ford, Linda, Brooks, G Daniel, Myszkowska, Dorota, Severova, Elena, Gehrig, Regula, Ramón, Germán Darío, Beggs, Paul J, Knowlton, Kim, Crimmins, Allison R

“…Ongoing climate change might, through rising temperatures, alter allergenic pollen biology across the northern hemisphere. We aimed to analyse trends in pollen…”
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Rising Carbon Dioxide and Global Nutrition: Evidence and Action Needed by Ziska, Lewis H

“…While the role of CO as a greenhouse gas in the context of global warming is widely acknowledged, additional data from multiple sources is demonstrating that…”
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Elevated atmospheric CO2 has small, species-specific effects on pollen chemistry and plant growth across flowering plant species by Bernauer, Olivia M., Jain, Anupreksha, de Bivort, Benjamin, Holbrook, N. Michele, Myers, Samuel S., Ziska, Lewis H., Crall, James D.

“…Elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide (eCO 2 ) can affect plant growth and physiology, which can, in turn, impact herbivorous insects, including by altering…”
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Crop Adaptation: Weedy and Crop Wild Relatives as an Untapped Resource to Utilize Recent Increases in Atmospheric CO2 by Ziska, Lewis H.

“…Adaptation measures are necessary to ensure the stability and performance of the food supply relative to anthropogenic climate change. Although a wide range of…”
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Three-year field evaluation of early and late 20th century spring wheat cultivars to projected increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide by Ziska, Lewis H.

“…Carbon dioxide (CO 2), along with light, water and nutrients, represents an essential resource needed for plant growth and reproduction. Projected and recent…”
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Combining the effects of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide on protein, iron, and zinc availability and projected climate change on global diets: a modelling study by Beach, Robert H, Sulser, Timothy B, Crimmins, Allison, Cenacchi, Nicola, Cole, Jefferson, Fukagawa, Naomi K, Mason-D'Croz, Daniel, Myers, Samuel, Sarofim, Marcus C, Smith, Matthew, Ziska, Lewis H

“…Increasing atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) affect global nutrition via effects on agricultural productivity and nutrient content of food…”
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Increasing minimum daily temperatures are associated with enhanced pesticide use in cultivated soybean along a latitudinal gradient in the mid-western United States by Ziska, Lewis H

“…Assessments of climate change and food security often do not consider changes to crop production as a function of altered pest pressures. Evaluation of…”
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Predicting the impact of changing CO₂ on crop yields: some thoughts on food by Ziska, Lewis H., Bunce, James A.

“…Recent breakthroughs in CO₂ fumigation methods using free-air CO₂ enrichment (FACE) technology have prompted comparisons between FACE experiments and…”
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Recent and projected changes in global climate may increase nicotine absorption and the risk of green tobacco sickness by Ziska, Lewis H., Parks, Robbie M.

“…Background Dermal transfer of nicotine during tobacco harvest can cause green tobacco sickness (GTS), characterized by nausea, vomiting, headache and…”
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Food security and climate change: on the potential to adapt global crop production by active selection to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide by Ziska, Lewis H., Bunce, James A., Shimono, Hiroyuki, Gealy, David R., Baker, Jeffrey T., Newton, Paul C. D., Reynolds, Matthew P., Jagadish, Krishna S. V., Zhu, Chunwu, Howden, Mark, Wilson, Lloyd T.

“…Agricultural production is under increasing pressure by global anthropogenic changes, including rising population, diversion of cereals to biofuels, increased…”
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An evaluation of cassava, sweet potato and field corn as potential carbohydrate sources for bioethanol production in Alabama and Maryland by Ziska, Lewis H., Runion, G. Brett, Tomecek, Martha, Prior, Stephen A., Torbet, H. Allen, Sicher, Richard

“…The recent emphasis on corn production to meet the increasing demand for bioethanol has resulted in trepidation regarding the sustainability of the global food…”
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Climate change, plant composition, and human nutrition by Ziska, Lewis H

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Biomass and toxicity responses of poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) to elevated atmospheric CO2 by Mohan, Jacqueline E, Ziska, Lewis H, Schlesinger, William H, Thomas, Richard B, Sicher, Richard C, George, Kate, Clark, James S

“…Contact with poison ivy ( Toxicodendron radicans ) is one of the most widely reported ailments at poison centers in the United States, and this plant has been…”
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Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide, and Pest Biology, Managing the Future: Coffee as a Case Study by Ziska, Lewis, Bradley, Bethany, Wallace, Rebekah, Bargeron, Charles, LaForest, Joseph, Choudhury, Robin, Garrett, Karen, Vega, Fernando

“…The challenge of maintaining sufficient food, feed, fiber, and forests, for a projected end of century population of between 9–10 billion in the context of a…”
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