Crop physiology : applications for genetic improvement and agronomy /

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, world-wide and regional shifts in the patterns of land use driven by both climate ch...

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Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors:	Sadras, Victor, Calderini, Daniel
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, ©2009.
Subjects:	Crops > Physiology. Crops > Genetic engineering. Cultures > Physiologie. Cultures > Génie génétique. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > General. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Sustainable Agriculture. Crops > Genetic engineering Crops > Physiology plantenfysiologie plant physiology veldgewassen field crops plantenveredeling plant breeding bedrijfssystemen farming systems use efficiency agronomie agronomy genetica genetics gewasfysiologie crop physiology ecofysiologie ecophysiology Plant Physiology Crop Sciences (General) Plant Breeding and Genetics (General) Plantenfysiologie Gewaswetenschappen (algemeen) Plantenveredeling en -genetica (algemeen) Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

FRONT COVER; CROP PHYSIOLOGY: APPLICATIONS FOR GENETIC IMPROVEMENT AND AGRONOMY; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER 1 Sustainable Agriculture and Crop Physiology; PART 1 Farming Systems: Case Studies; PART 2 Capture and Efficiency in the Use of Resources: Quantitative Frameworks; PART 3 Crop Physiology, Genetic Improvement and Agronomy; INDEX; COLOUR PLATES.