Crop physiology : applications for genetic improvement and agronomy /: applications for genetic improvement and agronomy. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Victor O. Sadras and Daniel Calderini.
• Other Names: Sadras, Victor; Calderini, Daniel
• Contents: 1. Sustainable Agriculture and Crop Physiology; Victor Sadras, Daniel Calderini and David Connor; ; Part 1 -Farming Systems: Case Studies; 2. Farming Systems of Australia: Exploiting the Synergy between Genetic Improvement and Agronomy; 3. Farming Systems of Argentina: Yield Constraints and Risk Management; 4. Improving Farming Systems in Northern European Conditions; 5. Cereal-based Cropping Systems in Asia: Nutrition and Disease Management; ; Part 2 - Capture and Efficiency in the Use of Resources: Quantitative Frameworks; 6. Improving Productivity to Face Water Scarcity in Irrigated Agriculture; 7. Crop Radiation Capture and Use Efficiency: A Framework for Crop Growth Analysis; 8. Quantifying Crop Responses to Nitrogen Deficiency and Avenues to Improve Nitrogen-use Efficiency; ; Part 3 - Crop physiology, Genetic Improvement; 9. Darwinian Agriculture: Real, Imaginary and Complex Trade-offs as Constraints and Opportunities; 10. Modelling Crop Improvement in a G x E x M Framework via Gene-trait-phenotype Relationships; 11. Integration of Biotechnology, Plant Breeding and Crop Physiology: Dealing with Complex Interactions from a Physiological Perspective; 12. Crop Development: Genetic Control, Environmental Modulation and Relevance for Genetic Improvement of Crop Yield; 13. Crop Roots Systems Form and Function: Improving the Capture of Water and Nutrients with Vigorous Root Systems; 14. Integrated Views in Plant Breeding: Modern Approaches for an Old Topic; 15. Genetic Improvement of Grain Crops: Yield Potential; 16. Management and Breeding Strategies for the Improvement of Grain and Oil Quality; 17. Dynamics of Crop-Pathogen Interactions: From Gene to Continental Scale; 18. Improving Crop Competitiveness with Weeds: Adaptations and Tradeoffs; 19. Dynamic and Functional Monitoring Technologies for Applications in Crop Management; 20. Crop Physiology, Modelling and Climate Change: Impact and Adaptation Strategies; 21. Whither Crop Physiology?
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (1000 pages)
• Subjects: 631.5233; Crops -- Physiology; Crops -- Genetic engineering
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080922294; 0080922295
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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