Advances in agronomy. Vol. 95 (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Donald J. Sparks.
• Other Names: Sparks, Donald J
• Contents: Front Cover; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: The Emerging Global Water Crisis: Managing Scarcity and Conflict Between Water Users; B. Population and Food Production Trends; C. The Global Freshwater Resource; D. Pollution and Human Health; E. Challenges in Optimizing Water Use; II. The Present Global Water Situation; A. Water Use by Sectors; B. Water-Scarce and Water-Stressed Countries; C. Drinking Water, Sanitation, and Waterborne Disease; D. Chemical Contamination in Water; E. Water for Ecosystems; F. Groundwater Overdraft. III. Population Trends and Water StressesA. Water-Short and Water-Stressed Countries; B. Urbanization Trends; C. Industrial and Municipal Water Demands; D. Transboundary Issues; E. Projected Water Deficit Under Business as Usual Practices; F. Threats to Ecosystem Health; G. The Wild Card of Climate Change; IV. Dimensions of Water Scarcity; A. Water Savings Through Conservation; B. Expansion and Improvement of Irrigation; C. Productivity Improvements in Rainfed Agriculture; D. Economic Methods for Water Supplementation in Developing Countries; E. Desalination. F. Improvements Through Institutional ChangesV. Paths to Sustainability; A. Ending Unsustainable Practices; B. Management Strategies; C. Agriculture and Water Management in the Developing World; D. Societal Changes; VI. Conclusions; References; A. Introduction; B.A. thaliana; C. Rice; D. Poplar; E. Medicago truncatula and Lotus japonicus; F. Genetic Resources for Functional Genomics; III. Transcriptomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics; A. Introduction; B. Approaches for Transcript Profiling; C. Proteomics; D. Metabolomic Analysis; IV. Molecular Markers; A. Marker Types. B. Molecular Genetic MapsC. Genomics for Generation of Molecular Markers; D. Metabolomic-Based ""Markers""; E. Advantages of Marker-Assisted Breeding; V. Transgenesis; A. Transgenesis as a Tool for Functional Genomics; B. Current Approaches to the Generation of Transgenic Plants; C. Strategies for Overcoming Recalcitrance of Crop Species to Genetic Transformation; D. Transgenesis for Trait Integration and Commercialization; E. Virus-Induced Gene Silencing as an Alternative to Stable Transformation for Functional Genomics; F. TILLING as an Alternative to Transenesis for Gene Knockdowns. VI. Case Studies for Alfalfa ImprovementA. Introduction; B. Improvement of Aluminum Tolerance; C. Gene Discovery and Metabolic Engineering for Forage Quality Enhancement; D. Issues for Molecular Development of Alfalfa; VII. The Future: Bridging the Gap from Models to Crops; VIII. The Future Technologies, Opportunities, and Challenges; Acknowledgments; References; A. Genetic Resources; B. Genomic Resources; C. Genetic Linkage Map; D. Marker-Trait Associations from Analysis of Diverse Germplasm; A. Markers for Simply Inherited Traits; B. QTL Marker for Complex Traits.
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 630; Agronomy; Crops -- Genetic engineering; Soil science; Allelopathy; Agriculture -- Periodicals; Agriculture -- Research -- Periodicals; Agriculture -- Research; Agriculture; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- General; Agronomy; Allelopathy; Crops -- Genetic engineering; Soil science; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080921006; 0080921000; 9780080469195; 0080469191
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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