Climate change greenhouse gas (CO2) impact – agriculture crop production: Quality improvement

Title : Climate change greenhouse gas (CO2) impact – agriculture crop production: Quality improvement

Abstract:

Climate change is a challenge to the environmentalist in developing abetment strategies to achieve sustainable development goal. United Nations framework convention on climate change and Kyoto protocol have acknowledge the climate change in impediments and counter measured promoting the preservation of ecosystem and impacts on global environment. The greenhouse gases : carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases has impact on global warming potential to comply with the IPCC recommendation carbon dioxide has been selected for mitigation using rhizosphere a green technology. In the present investigation climate change chamber has been developed where in the carbon dioxide simulation above atmospheric concentration, humidity, temperature, aeration, specific ultraviolet light has been provided for operation and developed atomization mode. The design of plant growth chamber- patented (design number- 409271-001 dated 01/03/2024). The pot culture technique has been adapted for the growth of selected plants Sorghum bicolor, Eleusine coracana, Triticum aestivum, Hordeum vulgare in developed Rhizospheric soil (1:3, Mycorrhiza: alluvial soil) the plant growth under control of environmental condition continued up to 60 days with growth period 15,30,45 and 60 days. The biochemical parameters and carbon sequestration studied during this period. The rhizosphere technology has been found effective for the mitigation of greenhouse gases under controlled environment. This technology can be transfer from lab to land and industry for mitigation of climate change.
Key words: Rhizosphere technology, Greenhouse gases, plant biochemical parameters, CO₂ mitigation

Biography:

Sr. Prof. M. H. Fulekar is an internationally renowned environmental scientist with more than 40 years of teaching and research experience in environmental science, climate change, environmental biotechnology, and nanotechnology. He has been recognized among the Top 2% Scientists in the World by Stanford University and Elsevier (2020–2025), ranking 38,162 globally across all fields. He has held several distinguished academic leadership positions, including Professor and Head of the Department of Life Sciences at the University of Mumbai, Dean and Director of the School of Environment and Sustainable Development at the Central University of Gujarat, and currently serves as Senior Professor and Research Advisor in Environmental Sciences at Parul University. Throughout his academic career, he has supervised 32 Ph.D. scholars and 22 M.Phil. scholars. He has authored more than 350 peer-reviewed research publications, over 400 NCBI accessions, 17 books, and more than 55 book chapters. His scholarly contributions are reflected in an h-index of 48, an i10-index of 120, and more than 9,128 citations. He also holds seven patents, demonstrating his commitment to innovation and applied environmental research.