applications for genetic improvement and agronomy /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Victor O. Sadras, Daniel F. Calderini.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
Second edition.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiii, 551 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
Other Physical Details
illustration (some color), maps (some color) ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Crop physiology: applications for breeding and agronomy / Victor O. Sadras, Daniel F. Calderini -- High-yield maize-soybean cropping systems in the US corn belt / Patricio Grassini, James E. Specht, Matthijs Tollenaar, Ignacio Ciampitti, Kenneth G. Cassman -- Farming systems in China: innovations for sustainable crop production / Weijian Zhang, Chengyan Zheng, Zhenwei Song, Aixing Deng, Zhonghu He -- Improving farming systems in northern Europe / Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio, Ari Rajala, Hannu Känkänen, Kaija Hakala -- Raising productivity of maize-based cropping systems in eastern and southern Africa: step-wise intensification options / John Dimes, Daniel Rodriguez, Andries Potgieter -- Cropping systems in environments with high yield potential of southern Chile / Mario Mera, X. Carolina Lizana, Daniel F. Calderini -- Cereal yield in Mediterranean-type environments: challenging the paradigms on terminal drought, the adaptability of barley vs wheat and the role of nitrogen fertilization / Roxana Savin, Gustavo A. Slafer, C. Mariano Cossani, L. Gabriela Abeledo, Victor O. Sadras -- Quantifying crop responses to nitrogen and avenues to improve nitrogen-use efficiency / François Gastal, Gilles Lemaire, Jean-Louis Durand, Gaëtan Louarn -- A Darwinian perspective on improving nitrogen-fixation efficiency of legume crops and forages / R. Ford Denison -- Senescence and crop performance / Howard Thomas, Helen Ougham -- Improving water transport for carbon gain in crops / Timothy J. Brodribb, Meisha-Marika Holloway-Phillips, Helen Bramley -- Genetic and environmental effects on crop development determining adaptation and yield / Gustavo A. Slafer, Adriana G. Kantolic, Maria L. Appendino, Gabriela Tranquilli, Daniel J. Miralles, Roxana Savin -- Characterizing the crop environment - nature, significance and applications / Karine Chenu -- Model-assisted phenotyping and ideotype design / Pierre Martre, Bénédicte Quilot-Turion, Delphine Luquet, Mohammed-Mahmoud Ould-Sidi Memmah, Karine Chenu, Philippe Debaeke -- Crop phenotyping for physiological breeding in grain crops: a case study for maize / Maria E. Otegui, Lucas Borrás, Gustavo A. Maddonni -- Breeding challenge: improving yield potential / M.J. Foulkes, M.P. Reynolds -- Improving grain quality: ecophysiological and modeling tools to develop management and breeding strategies / Luis Aguirrezábal, Pierre Martre, Gustavo Pereyra-Irujo, María Mercedes Echarte, Natalia Izquierdo -- Integrated views in plant breeding: from the perspective of biotechnology / Grazia M. Borrelli, Luigi Orrù, Pasquale De Vita, Delfina Barabaschi, Anna M. Mastrangelo, Luigi Cattivelli -- Integration of biotechnology, plant breeding and crop physiology. Dealing with complex interactions from a physiological perspective / Fernando H. Andrade, Rodrigo G. Sala, Ana C. Pontaroli, Alberto León, Sebastián Castro -- Crop modeling for climate change impact and adaptation / Senthold Asseng, Yan Zhu, Enli Wang, Weijian Zhang.