Crop physiology : applications for genetic improvement and agronomy /
From climate change to farming systems to genetic modification of organisms, Crop Physiology, Second Edition provides a practical tool for understanding the relationships and challenges of successful cropping. With a focus on genetic improvement and agronomy, this book addresses the challenges of en...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Academic Press,
2014.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; References; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1
- Crop physiology: applications for breeding and agronomy; 1
- Introduction; 2
- Levels of organization and scalability; 3
- Book structure and themes; 3.1
- Part 1: Farming Systems; 3.2
- Part 2: Resources
- carbon, nitrogen and water; 3.3
- Part 3: Physiological applications in breeding and agronomy; References; Part I
- Farming systems; Chapter 2
- High-yield maize-soybean cropping systems in the US Corn Belt; 1
- Introduction; 2
- Cropping systems; 2.1
- Weather and soils.
- 2.2
- Crop management3
- Productivity and resource-use efficiency; 3.1
- Resource requirements for high yields; 3.2
- Time trends in yields and input-use efficiency; 3.3
- Drivers for higher yields and efficiencies; 3.3.1
- Maize; Genetic Drivers; Agronomic Drivers; G × A interaction; 3.3.2
- Soybean; Genetic Drivers; Agronomic Drivers; G × A interaction; 4
- Challenges to higher yields and efficiencies; 5
- Concluding remarks; References; Chapter 3
- Farming systems in China: Innovations for sustainable crop production; 1
- Introduction; 2
- The abiotic environments for crop production.
- 2.1
- Climatic conditions and historical changes2.2
- Soil conditions, land use and historical changes; 3
- Farming system diversity and spatial distribution; 3.1
- Major grain crops; 3.2
- Grain-based cropping systems; 4
- Yield enhancement via genetic improvement and agronomic innovation; 4.1
- Trends in grain production; 4.2
- Contribution of genetic improvement; 4.3
- Contribution of agronomic innovation; 4.3.1
- Soil tillage; 4.3.2
- Cropping season optimization; 4.3.3
- Rice cropping technique innovation; 5
- Attempts to improve resource-use efficiency.
- 5.1
- Conservation agriculture for high water-use efficiency5.2
- Innovations for improving nitrogen fertilizer-use efficiency; 6
- Cropping responses and adaptations to warming; 6.1
- Crop phenology responses; 6.2
- Crop yield responses; 6.3
- Adaptations of cropping systems to warming in northeast China; 7
- Concluding remarks; References; Chapter 4
- Improving farming systems in northern Europe; 1
- Special features of northern European conditions for crop production; 1.1
- Harsh winters; 1.2
- Short and intensive growing seasons.
- 1.3
- Early summer drought and uneven distribution of precipitation2
- Adaptation: a matter of crop responses when coping with northern conditions; 2.1
- Development and growth: the need to hurry; 2.1.1
- Phenophases; 2.1.2
- Role of main yield-determining components and compensation between them; 2.1.3
- Dynamics of tillering; 2.1.4
- Adaptation to over-wintering; 3
- Gaps between potential and actual yields; 3.1
- Changes in yield trends in northern growing areas; 3.1.1
- Steady increases in genetic gains; 3.1.2
- Periodic fluctuation in realization of existing genetic yield potential.
- 4
- Challenges and practices in attempting to improve sustainability.
