Crop Sciences

by Amarjit S. Basra (Editor)

Crop Recent Advances presents you with cutting-edge advice and data so you can stay abreast of current developments in the ever-growing field of crop science. Students, teachers, researchers, and practitionesr in the fields of agronomy, soil science, genetics and plant breeding, crop physiology and metabolism, crop ecology, seed science, and agribiodiversity will find that your present understanding of the field will increase threefold. Inside this attractive volume, you'll find a bumper crop of relevant research findings and practical guidance to help improve crop yield and stability, product quality, and environmental sustainability. You'll get expert advice from a group of international authors who address key gaps in the knowledge base and offer technical solutions to critical global problems on winter cereal production and wheat genetics, seed germination and early seedling growth, crop resistance to weeds and water deprivation, interactions involving allelopathy in agroecosystems, and more.Crop Recent Advances provides insight on the latest advances in basic and applied aspects of crop science research in several different countries, including the U.S., India, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, China, Argentina, and Greece. A variety of studies will improve your understanding of crop sciences by discussing how the wheat gene pool is being enriched with genes from other species--with an emphasis on amphiploidization and direct backcrossing; reviewing the physiological consequences of incorporating reduced height genes into wheat; and studying the relation between vertical leaf nitrogen distribution and canopy photosynthesis to maximize radiation use efficiency, biomass production, and yield potential in winter cereals. Other

312 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1997