Crop Physiology Case Histories for Major Crops

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-0-12-819194-1
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 778 Seiten, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 276 mm, Gewicht: 2080 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sadras, Victor

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Nutzpflanzen: Biologie, Genetik, Pflanzenzüchtung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenphysiologie, Photosynthese

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Maize

2. Rice

3. Wheat

4. Barley

5. Sorghum

6. Oat

7. Quinoa

8. Soybean

9. Field Pea

10. Chickpea

11. Peanut

12. Common bean

13. Lentil

14. Lupin

15. Faba bean

16. Sunflower

17. Canola

18. Potato

19. Cassava

20. Sugar beet

21. Sugarcane

22. Cotton

Über Autor(innen)

Sadras, Victor
Victor Sadras is a crop ecophysiologist with interest in the adaptation of crops to environmental stresses, including water deficit, extreme temperatures, nutrient deficit, soil physical and chemical constraints, pathogens and insects. He has measured and modelled aspects of the water, carbon and nitrogen economies of annual (wheat, field pea, chickpea, sunflower, maize, soybean, cotton) and perennial crops (grapevine, olive) in rain-fed and irrigated systems.