Climate Resilient Crops: Innovations in Vegetable Breeding for a Warming World-A Review

D. K. Upadhyay; Sonam Tripathi; Chanchal Tiwari; Mansi Awasthi

doi:10.22161/ijhaf.9.3.5

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Climate Resilient Crops: Innovations in Vegetable Breeding for a Warming World-A Review

D. K. Upadhyay , Sonam Tripathi , Chanchal Tiwari , Mansi Awasthi

International Journal of Horticulture, Agriculture and Food science(IJHAF), Vol-9,Issue-3, July - September 2025, Pages 31-37, 10.22161/ijhaf.9.3.5

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Article Info: Received: 15 Jun 2025; Received in revised form: 10 Jul 2025; Accepted: 13 Jul 2025; Available online: 21 Jul 2025

Abstract:

Global vegetable production is changing due to climate change, endangering crop yields and nutritional value. The physiological processes of important vegetable crops are being disrupted by rising temperatures, unpredictable precipitation, and extreme weather events. For example, spinach loses essential nutrients under high CO₂, while tomatoes fail to bear fruit during heatwaves. This synthesis highlights creative adaptation techniques while examining the complex effects of climate change on vegetables. We examine the ways in which wild crop relatives, genomic technologies, and conventional breeding are being used to create cultivars with improved drought resistance, heat tolerance, and stable nutritional profiles. Successful examples highlighted in the analysis include participatory breeding initiatives that preserve agrobiodiversity and CRISPR-edited tomatoes with heat-stable flowering. To guarantee food security, however, agroecological methods and fair access must be combined with technical solutions. In a changing world, climate-resilient vegetable systems can sustain livelihoods, productivity, and nutrition by combining scientific advancements with farmer knowledge and policy support. A thorough adaptation plan for one of agriculture's most climate-vulnerable but nutritionally vital industries is given in this article.

Keywords:

Climate, Heat, Breeding and Productivity.

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