| Genetic Improvement of Field Crops Contributor(s): Slafer (Author) |
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ISBN: 0824789806 ISBN-13: 9780824789800 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $380.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 1993 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Botany |
| Dewey: 631.523 |
| LCCN: 93029555 |
| Series: Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.24" W x 9.16" (1.76 lbs) 486 pages |