Crop Physiology: Applications for Genetic Improvement and Agronomy

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Victor Sadras, Ph.D. (South Australian R&D Institute, The University of Adelaide, Australia) Daniel Calderini (Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile)

Crop Physiology

Applications for Genetic Improvement and Agronomy

Victor Sadras, Ph.D. (South Australian R&D Institute, The University of Adelaide, Australia), Daniel Calderini (Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile)

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Academic Press Inc
15 September 2014

Plant physiology; Agronomy & crop production

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 environmentally sound production of bulk and quality food, fodder, fiber, and energy which are of ongoing international concern. The second edition of Crop Physiology continues to provide a unique analysis of these topics while reflecting important changes and advances in the relevant science and implementation systems.

Contemporary agriculture confronts the challenge of increasing demand in terms of quantitative and qualitative production targets. These targets have to be achieved against the background of soil and water scarcity, worldwide and regional shifts in the patterns of land use driven by both climate change and the need to develop crop-based sources of energy, and the environmental and social aspects of agricultural sustainability.

By: Victor Sadras Ph.D. (South Australian R&D Institute The University of Adelaide Australia), Daniel Calderini (Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile)
Imprint: Academic Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 191mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 1.400kg
ISBN: 9780124171046
ISBN 10: 0124171044
Pages: 564
Publication Date: 15 September 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Replaced By: 9780443302084
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

PrefaceAcknowledgements1. Crop Physiology: applications for breeding and agronomyPart 1: Farming Systems2. High yield maize-soybean cropping systems in the U.S. corn belt3. Farming systems of China: Innovations for sustainable crop production4. Improving farming systems in northern Europe5. Raising productivity of maize-based cropping systems in Eastern and Southern Africa: Step-wise intensification options6. Cropping systems in high yielding potential environments. Opportunities and challenges in Southern Chile7. Cereal yield in Mediterranean-type environments: challenging the paradigms on terminal drought, the adaptability of barley vs wheat and the role of nitrogen fertilizationPart 2: Carbon, water and nutrient economies of crops8. Quantifying crop responses to nitrogen deficiency and avenues to improve nitrogen-use efficiency9. A Darwinian perspective on improving nitrogen-fixation efficiency of legume crops and forages10. Senescence and crop performance11. Improving Water Transport for Carbon Gain in CropsPart 3: Genetic improvement and agronomy12. Genetic and Environmental Effects on Crop Development Determining Adaptation and Yield13. Characterising the crop environment – nature, significance and applications14. Model assisted phenotyping and ideotype design15. Crop phenotyping for physiological breeding in grain crops: a case study for maize16. Breeding challenge: improving yield potential17. Improving grain quality. Ecophysiological and modelling tools to develop management and breeding strategies18. Integrated views in plant breeding: from the perspective of biotechnology19. Integration of biotechnology, plant breeding and crop physiology. Dealing with complex interactions from a physiological perspective20. Crop modelling for climate change impact and adaptation

"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. Dr. Daniel Calderini is a full professor of the Plant Production and Plant Protection Institute of Universidad Austral de Chile since 2002. He has specialised in the Physiology of Crops and Cereals. Dr. Calderini was distinguished with The People's Republic of China Friendship Award. He is Coordinator of the Network ""Sustainable Intensification of Extensive Crop Production of the Ibero-American Program of Science and Technology for Development. He was the head of the Graduate School and the Doctorate Program of the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences. His physiological research was carried out on pea, lupin, rapeseed, sunflower and quinoa in addition to temperate cereals."