Development of Regional Crop Simulation Modeling for Jasmine under the Purview of Climate Change: A Perspective from Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract

It is a widely accepted fact that global warming and climate change may pose serious threats to food and livelihood securities. However, knowledge on the current impacts of climatic changes on floriculture is very limited. This paper tries to divert the attention of crop physiologists and crop simulation modelers the need and scope of research in simulation studies to understand climate change impacts on a tropical flower crops like Jasmine Jasminumsambac (Gundumalli/MaduraiMalli), Jasminumauriculatum (Mullai) and JJasminumgrandiflorum (Jathimalli/Pitchi) which is of great economic, social, religious and aesthetic value.