Drought frontiers in rice [[electronic resource] ] : crop improvement for increased rainfed production / / edited by R. Serraj, J. Bennett, and B. Hardy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
Disciplina |
633.1/8
633.18 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SerrajRachid
BennettJ HardyB |
Soggetto topico |
Rice - Genetics
Rice - Genetic engineering Rice - Breeding Grain - Drought tolerance |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-75844-6
9786612758447 981-4280-01-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Rice drought-prone environments and coping strategies; Drought: economic costs and research implications Sushil Pandey and Humnath Bhandari; Drought: definition, coping strategies, and consequences2; Frequency of drought and economic loss3; Household-level consequences of drought; Implications; Agricultural research; Technology design considerations; Complementary options; Concluding remarks; References; Modeling spatial and temporal variation of drought in rice production Robert J. Hijmans and Rachid Serraj; Defining drought; Systems analysis and simulation
Distribution of rice production systems and rainfallWater as a yield-limiting factor; The potential benefits of drought tolerance; Discussion; References; Recent progress in breeding and genetics of drought resistance; Rice germplasm development for drought-prone environments: progress made in breeding and genetic analysis at the International Rice Research Institute G.N. Atlin, R. Venuprasad, J. Bernier, D. Zhao, P. Virk, and A. Kumar; Target environments for drought germplasm improvement; Physiological and agronomic effects of drought, and implications for germplasm improvement Screening cultivars for tolerance of acute stress at flowering versus intermittent stressCultivar development for drought-prone environments; Developing cultivars with improved lowland drought tolerance for bunded upper terraces; Developing cultivars with improved drought tolerance for unbunded uplands; Designing cultivar development programs that can combine drought tolerance with yield potential; Prospects for marker-aided selection for drought tolerance in rice; Conclusions; References Drought research at WARDA: current situation and prospects M. Sié, K. Futakuchi, H. Gridley, S. Mande, B. Manneh, M.N. Ndjiondjop, A. Efisue, S.A. Ogunbayo, M. Moussa, H. Tsunematsu, and H. SamejimaIdentification of genetic sources for drought resistance; WARDA-JIRCAS Drought Project; Generation of breeding and mapping populations; Evaluation of breeding lines developed; Conclusions and prospects; References; Drought resistance characters and variety development for rainfed lowland rice in Southeast Asia Shu Fukai, Jaya Basnayake, and Ouk Makara; Drought resistance characters Characterizing the water environmentImproving yield in drought-prone environments; Current status in research and development; References; Molecular breeding for drought-tolerant rice (Oryza sativa L.): progress and perspectives Zhi-Kang Li and Yong-Ming Gao; Mechanisms of drought tolerance in rice; Genetic basis of DT in rice; Breeding for improved DT in rice; Improving rice DT by backcross breeding and designed QTL pyramiding; References; Recent efforts to improve drought resistance of rice in Brazil Flavio Breseghello, Cleber Moraes Guimarães, and Beatriz da Silveira Pinheiro Early studies on drought resistance at Embrapa |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456145903321 |
Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Drought frontiers in rice [[electronic resource] ] : crop improvement for increased rainfed production / / edited by R. Serraj, J. Bennett, and B. Hardy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
Disciplina |
633.1/8
633.18 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SerrajRachid
BennettJ HardyBill |
Soggetto topico |
Rice - Genetics
Rice - Genetic engineering Rice - Breeding Grain - Drought tolerance |
ISBN |
1-282-75844-6
9786612758447 981-4280-01-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Rice drought-prone environments and coping strategies; Drought: economic costs and research implications Sushil Pandey and Humnath Bhandari; Drought: definition, coping strategies, and consequences2; Frequency of drought and economic loss3; Household-level consequences of drought; Implications; Agricultural research; Technology design considerations; Complementary options; Concluding remarks; References; Modeling spatial and temporal variation of drought in rice production Robert J. Hijmans and Rachid Serraj; Defining drought; Systems analysis and simulation
Distribution of rice production systems and rainfallWater as a yield-limiting factor; The potential benefits of drought tolerance; Discussion; References; Recent progress in breeding and genetics of drought resistance; Rice germplasm development for drought-prone environments: progress made in breeding and genetic analysis at the International Rice Research Institute G.N. Atlin, R. Venuprasad, J. Bernier, D. Zhao, P. Virk, and A. Kumar; Target environments for drought germplasm improvement; Physiological and agronomic effects of drought, and implications for germplasm improvement Screening cultivars for tolerance of acute stress at flowering versus intermittent stressCultivar development for drought-prone environments; Developing cultivars with improved lowland drought tolerance for bunded upper terraces; Developing cultivars with improved drought tolerance for unbunded uplands; Designing cultivar development programs that can combine drought tolerance with yield potential; Prospects for marker-aided selection for drought tolerance in rice; Conclusions; References Drought research at WARDA: current situation and prospects M. Sié, K. Futakuchi, H. Gridley, S. Mande, B. Manneh, M.N. Ndjiondjop, A. Efisue, S.A. Ogunbayo, M. Moussa, H. Tsunematsu, and H. SamejimaIdentification of genetic sources for drought resistance; WARDA-JIRCAS Drought Project; Generation of breeding and mapping populations; Evaluation of breeding lines developed; Conclusions and prospects; References; Drought resistance characters and variety development for rainfed lowland rice in Southeast Asia Shu Fukai, Jaya Basnayake, and Ouk Makara; Drought resistance characters Characterizing the water environmentImproving yield in drought-prone environments; Current status in research and development; References; Molecular breeding for drought-tolerant rice (Oryza sativa L.): progress and perspectives Zhi-Kang Li and Yong-Ming Gao; Mechanisms of drought tolerance in rice; Genetic basis of DT in rice; Breeding for improved DT in rice; Improving rice DT by backcross breeding and designed QTL pyramiding; References; Recent efforts to improve drought resistance of rice in Brazil Flavio Breseghello, Cleber Moraes Guimarães, and Beatriz da Silveira Pinheiro Early studies on drought resistance at Embrapa |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780715403321 |
Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Drought frontiers in rice : crop improvement for increased rainfed production / / edited by R. Serraj, J. Bennett, and B. Hardy |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
Disciplina |
633.1/8
633.18 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SerrajRachid
BennettJ HardyBill |
Soggetto topico |
Rice - Genetics
Rice - Genetic engineering Rice - Breeding Grain - Drought tolerance |
ISBN |
1-282-75844-6
9786612758447 981-4280-01-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Rice drought-prone environments and coping strategies; Drought: economic costs and research implications Sushil Pandey and Humnath Bhandari; Drought: definition, coping strategies, and consequences2; Frequency of drought and economic loss3; Household-level consequences of drought; Implications; Agricultural research; Technology design considerations; Complementary options; Concluding remarks; References; Modeling spatial and temporal variation of drought in rice production Robert J. Hijmans and Rachid Serraj; Defining drought; Systems analysis and simulation
Distribution of rice production systems and rainfallWater as a yield-limiting factor; The potential benefits of drought tolerance; Discussion; References; Recent progress in breeding and genetics of drought resistance; Rice germplasm development for drought-prone environments: progress made in breeding and genetic analysis at the International Rice Research Institute G.N. Atlin, R. Venuprasad, J. Bernier, D. Zhao, P. Virk, and A. Kumar; Target environments for drought germplasm improvement; Physiological and agronomic effects of drought, and implications for germplasm improvement Screening cultivars for tolerance of acute stress at flowering versus intermittent stressCultivar development for drought-prone environments; Developing cultivars with improved lowland drought tolerance for bunded upper terraces; Developing cultivars with improved drought tolerance for unbunded uplands; Designing cultivar development programs that can combine drought tolerance with yield potential; Prospects for marker-aided selection for drought tolerance in rice; Conclusions; References Drought research at WARDA: current situation and prospects M. Sié, K. Futakuchi, H. Gridley, S. Mande, B. Manneh, M.N. Ndjiondjop, A. Efisue, S.A. Ogunbayo, M. Moussa, H. Tsunematsu, and H. SamejimaIdentification of genetic sources for drought resistance; WARDA-JIRCAS Drought Project; Generation of breeding and mapping populations; Evaluation of breeding lines developed; Conclusions and prospects; References; Drought resistance characters and variety development for rainfed lowland rice in Southeast Asia Shu Fukai, Jaya Basnayake, and Ouk Makara; Drought resistance characters Characterizing the water environmentImproving yield in drought-prone environments; Current status in research and development; References; Molecular breeding for drought-tolerant rice (Oryza sativa L.): progress and perspectives Zhi-Kang Li and Yong-Ming Gao; Mechanisms of drought tolerance in rice; Genetic basis of DT in rice; Breeding for improved DT in rice; Improving rice DT by backcross breeding and designed QTL pyramiding; References; Recent efforts to improve drought resistance of rice in Brazil Flavio Breseghello, Cleber Moraes Guimarães, and Beatriz da Silveira Pinheiro Early studies on drought resistance at Embrapa |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825594003321 |
Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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