Breeding Plants for Less Favorable Environments
Sinopsis del Libro
World environmental limitations to food and fiber culture. The physiology of temperature effects on plants. Breeding for tolerance to heat and cold. Plant response to mineral element toxicity and deficiency. Genetic fitting of crops to problem soils. Plant responses to water stress. Breeding for drought resistance and plant water use efficiency. Plant response to light quality and quantity. Plant response and genetic modification of plants for tolerance to air pollutants. Plant response to atmospheric stress caused by waterlogging. Plant pest interaction with environment al stress and breeding for pest resistance: plant diseases. Plant pest interaction with environmental stress and breeding for pest resistance: insects. Plant pest interaction with environmental stress and breeding for pest resistance: nematodes. Plant germplasm resources for breeding of crops adapted to marginal environments. Genetic engineering for improving environmental resiliency in crop species.
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Número de páginas 459
Autor:
- Meryl N. Christiansen
- Charles Franklin Lewis
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