LEADER 04435nam 22007335 450 001 9910298321203321 005 20200705175915.0 010 $a3-319-05002-8 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-05002-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000547997 035 $a(EBL)1698178 035 $a(OCoLC)881166036 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001185927 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11707362 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001185927 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11210271 035 $a(PQKB)10970277 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1698178 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-05002-7 035 $a(PPN)177823151 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000547997 100 $a20140319d2014 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aManaging and Breeding Wheat for Organic Systems $eEnhancing Competitiveness Against Weeds /$fby Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Iqbal, Harpinder Randhawa, Dean Spaner 205 $a1st ed. 2014. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (82 p.) 225 1 $aSpringerBriefs in Agriculture,$x2211-808X 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-319-05001-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aWheat: The Miracle Cereal -- Crop Competitiveness -- Strategies to enhance competitive ability -- Breeding wheat for organic agriculture -- Future Perspectives. 330 $aGenetically uniform cultivars in many self-pollinated cereal crops dominate commercial production in high-input environments especially due to their high grain yields and wide geographical adaptation. These cultivars generally perform well under favorable and high-input farming systems but their optimal performance cannot be achieved on marginal/organic lands or without the use of external chemical inputs (fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides). Cereal breeding programs aim at evaluating candidate lines/cultivars for agronomic, disease and quality traits in a weed free environment that makes it impossible to identify traits conferring competitive ability against weeds. Moreover, quantification of competitive ability is a complex phenomenon which is affected by range of growth traits. Above (e.g. light) and below (e.g. water and nutrients) ground resources also influence competitiveness to a greater extent. Competitiveness is quantitatively inherited trait which is heavily influenced by many factors including genotype, management, environment and their interaction. Sound plant breeding techniques and good experimental designs are prerequisites for maximizing genetic gains to breed cultivars for organically managed lands. The brief is focused on breeding wheat for enhanced competitive ability along with other agronomic, genetic and molecular studies that have been undertaken to improve weed suppression, disease resistance and quality in organically managed lands. The examples from other cereals have also been highlighted to compare wheat with other cereal crops. 410 0$aSpringerBriefs in Agriculture,$x2211-808X 606 $aPlant science 606 $aBotany 606 $aPlant breeding 606 $aPlant physiology 606 $aPlant Sciences$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L24000 606 $aPlant Breeding/Biotechnology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L24060 606 $aPlant Physiology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L33020 615 0$aPlant science. 615 0$aBotany. 615 0$aPlant breeding. 615 0$aPlant physiology. 615 14$aPlant Sciences. 615 24$aPlant Breeding/Biotechnology. 615 24$aPlant Physiology. 676 $a338.16 700 $aAsif$b Muhammad$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01058248 702 $aIqbal$b Muhammad$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aRandhawa$b Harpinder$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aSpaner$b Dean$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910298321203321 996 $aManaging and Breeding Wheat for Organic Systems$92498390 997 $aUNINA