Genetic improvement of field crops
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Genetic improvement of field crops
(Books in soils, plants, and the environment)
M. Dekker, c1994
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Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences Library
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Outlining successful breeding techniques to augment the yields of the world's major crops, this reference analyzes the physiological and genetic basis for past and potential future increases in crop yields.;Covering crops with wide differences in morphology, photosynthetic rates, and nitrogen metabolisms, Genetic Improvement of Field Crops: investigates the changes produced by breeders in the physiological attributes affecting wheat grain yield and nitrogen content during the last century; discusses those crop characteristics of oats that have already been altered or might be manipulated through breeding to further increase yield potential; describes several genetic factors responsible for both yield potential and stress resistance in barley; offers insights into the relationship between increases in the yield potential and stress tolerance of corn; examines the evolution of sunflower crop yields and yield stability and estimates the contribution of improved cultivars; evaluates the effects of breeding on tuber characteristics related to the crop growth and yield of the potato; elucidates the possibilities for simultaneous improvement of yield and fiber strength in cotton; and identifies the features to be considered in the development of high yielding varieties of rice for different agricultural systems.;Providing nearly 1600 key literature citations allowing further in-depth study of particular topics, Genetic Improvement of Field Crops is for plant physiologists and breeders, crop and agricultural scientists, agronomists, biochemists, geneticists, biotechnologists, microbiologists, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.
Table of Contents
- Increases in grain yield in bread wheat from breeding and associated physiological changes, Gustavo A. Slafer et al
- productivity of oats - genetic gains and associated physiological changes, Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio
- progress in barley breeding, Luigi Cattivelli, et al
- physiological basis of the genetic improvement of corn, Matthijs Tollenaar et al
- genetic improvement in soybean - physiological attributes, James R. Frederick and John D. Hesketh
- physiological characteristics related to yield improvement in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.), Victor O. Sadras and Francisco J. Villolobos
- genetic contributions to yield in cotton, Thomas W. Culp
- genetic improvement and associated physiological changes in the potato, Daniel O. Caldiz
- genetic improvement in physiological traits of rice yield, Mohammad Ashraf et al.
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