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Crop Physiology Case Histories for Major Crops
Victor Sadras,Daniel Calderini
- 778 pages
- English
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Crop Physiology Case Histories for Major Crops
Victor Sadras,Daniel Calderini
About This Book
Crop Physiology: Case Histories of Major Crops updates the physiology of broad-acre crops with a focus on the genetic, environmental and management drivers of development, capture and efficiency in the use of radiation, water and nutrients, the formation of yield and aspects of quality.
These physiological process are presented in a double context of challenges and solutions. The challenges to increase plant-based food, fodder, fiber and energy against the backdrop of population increase, climate change, dietary choices and declining public funding for research and development in agriculture are unprecedented and urgent. The proximal technological solutions to these challenges are genetic improvement and agronomy. Hence, the premise of the book is that crop physiology is most valuable when it engages meaningfully with breeding and agronomy.
With contributions from 92 leading scientists from around the world, each chapter deals with a crop: maize, rice, wheat, barley, sorghum and oat; quinoa; soybean, field pea, chickpea, peanut, common bean, lentil, lupin and faba bean; sunflower and canola; potato, cassava, sugar beet and sugarcane; and cotton.
- A crop-based approach to crop physiology in a G x E x M context
- Captures the perspectives of global experts on 22 crops
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Table of contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1: Maize
- Chapter 2: Rice
- Chapter 3: Wheat
- Chapter 4: Barley
- Chapter 5: Sorghum
- Chapter 6: Oat
- Chapter 7: Quinoa
- Chapter 8: Soybean
- Chapter 9: Field pea
- Chapter 10: Chickpea
- Chapter 11: Peanut
- Chapter 12: Common bean
- Chapter 13: Lentil
- Chapter 14: Lupin
- Chapter 15: Faba bean
- Chapter 16: Sunflower
- Chapter 17: Canola
- Chapter 18: Potato
- Chapter 19: Cassava
- Chapter 20: Sugar beet
- Chapter 21: Sugarcane
- Chapter 22: Cotton
- Index