North American crop wild relatives. Volume 2, Important species /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	EBSCOhost
Other Authors:	Greene, Stephanie L. (Editor), Williams, Karen A. (Editor), Khoury, Colin K. (Editor), Kantar, Michael B. (Editor), Marek, Laura F. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer, 2019.
Subjects:	Endemic plants > North America. Germplasm resources, Plant > North America. Crops > Germplasm resources > North America. Germplasm resources conservation > North America. Crops > North America. Plant diversity > North America. Plant ecology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Intro; Foreword; Reinvesting in Crop Wild Relatives in North America; References; Preface; Reference; Contents; Reviewers; Abbreviations; Part I: Cereals and Legumes; Chapter 1: Wild Relatives of Maize; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 Origin of the Crop and Brief History of Use Worldwide; 1.1.2 Modern Day Use; 1.1.3 Challenges in Cultivation; 1.1.3.1 Pests, Diseases, and Edaphic and Climatic Limitations; 1.1.3.2 Nutritional, Functional Use; 1.1.3.3 Anticipating Climate Change; 1.2 Maize Wild Relatives; 1.2.1 Maize Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) and Their Genepool Classifications
1.2.2 Distribution/Habitat/Abundance1.2.3 Utilization; 1.2.3.1 Breeding and the Relative Importance of CWR (Use to Date, Valuation); 1.2.3.2 Desirable Characters: From the Perspective of Use; 1.2.3.3 Challenges to Increased Use; 1.3 Wild Utilized Species (Uses Other than for Maize Improvement: Forage); 1.3.1 What Are They and Where and How Are They Used; 1.3.2 Distribution and Habitat; 1.3.3 Potential for Expanded Use; 1.4 Conservation Status of CWR and WUS; 1.4.1 In Situ; 1.4.2 Ex Situ; 1.4.2.1 Status (Genebank Coverage and Gaps)
1.4.2.2 Current Activities (Exploration, Regeneration, Others)1.4.3 Suggestions on Ways to Improve Conservation; References; Chapter 2: North American Wild Relatives of Grain Crops; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Amaranth (Amaranthus L.); 2.2.1 Introduction; 2.2.1.1 Origin of the Crop and Brief History of Use; 2.2.1.2 Cultivation; 2.2.2 Crop Wild Relatives in North America; 2.2.2.1 Gene Pools; 2.2.2.2 Useful Crop Wild Relative Traits; 2.2.3 Wild Economic Species; 2.2.4 Conservation Status of North American Wild Relatives; 2.3 Barley (Hordeum vulgare L. subsp. vulgare); 2.3.1 Introduction
2.3.2 Crop Wild Relatives in North America2.3.3 Wild Economic Species; 2.3.4 Conservation Status of North American Wild Relatives; 2.3.4.1 In Situ; 2.3.4.2 Ex Situ; 2.4 Barnyard Millet (Echinochloa P. Beauv.); 2.4.1 Introduction; 2.4.1.1 Origin of the Crop and Brief History of Use; 2.4.1.2 Cultivation; 2.4.2 Crop Wild Relatives in North America; 2.4.2.1 Gene Pools; 2.4.2.2 Useful Crop Wild Relative Traits; 2.4.3 Wild Economic Species; 2.4.4 Conservation Status of North American Wild Relatives; 2.5 Buckwheat (Fagopyrum Mill.); 2.5.1 Crop Wild Relatives in North America
2.6 Oat (Avena sativa L.)2.6.1 Introduction; 2.6.2 Crop Wild Relatives in North America; 2.6.3 Wild Economic Species; 2.6.4 Conservation Status of North American Wild Relatives; 2.7 Proso and Related Millets (Panicum L.); 2.7.1 Introduction; 2.7.1.1 Origin of the Crop and Brief History of Use; 2.7.1.2 Cultivation; 2.7.2 Crop Wild Relatives in North America; 2.7.2.1 Gene Pools; 2.7.2.2 Useful Crop Wild Relative Traits; 2.7.3 Wild Economic Species; 2.7.4 Conservation Status of North American Wild Relatives; 2.8 Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.); 2.8.1 Introduction