Crop science : progress and prospects / / editors, J. Nösberger, H. H. Geiger, P. C. Struik

• Pubblicazione: Wallingford, England ; ; New York : , : CABI Pub., , 2001; ©2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 398 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 631
• Soggetto topico: Crop science
• Altri autori: GeigerH. H (Hartwig H.) NösbergerJ (Josef) StruikP. C <1954-> (Paul Christiaan)
• Note generali: Papers presented at the Third International Crop Science Congress in Hamburg, Germany.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contributors; Preface; Foreword; Congress Sponsors; 1 Food Security? We Are Losing Ground Fast!; 2 The Future of World, National and Household Food Security; 3 Crop Science Research To Assure Food Security; 4 Modifying the Composition of Plant Foods for Better Human Health; 5 Facing the Growing Needs of Mankind - Grasslands and Rangelands; 6 Abiotic Stresses, Plant Reactions and New Approaches Towards Understanding Stress Tolerance; 7 Plant Stress Factors: Their Impact on Productivity of Cropping Systems; 8 Optimizing Water Use; 9 Abiotic Stresses and Staple Crops; 10 Biotic Stresses in Crops ; 11 Management of Complex Interactions for Growth Resources and of Biotic Stresses in Agroforestry; 12 Optimizing Crop Diversification; 13 Biodiversity of Agroecosystems: Past, Present and Uncertain Future; 14 Conservation and Utilization of Biodiversity in the Andean Ecoregion; 15 The Role of Landscape Heterogeneity in the Sustainability of Cropping Systems; 16 Cropping Systems for the Future; 17 Will Yield Barriers Limit Future Rice Production?; 18 New Crops for the 21st Century; 19 Plant Biotechnology: Methods, Goals and Achievements; 20 Transgenic Plants for Sustainable Crop Production; 21 Crop Science: Scientific and Ethical Challenges to Meet Human Needs122 Declaration of Hamburg; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This text includes keynote invited papers from the Third International Crop Science Congress held in Hamburg, Germany in August 2000. The papers provide an overview of the major issues confronting crop science today and in the future.
• Titolo autorizzato: Crop science
• ISBN: 1-280-82920-6; 9786610829200; 0-85199-891-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780318803321
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