Carver Wheat

Science and Trade
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-8138-1923-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 608 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: World Agriculture Series

Wheat: Science and Trade is an up-to-date, comprehensive reference work designed to expand the current body of knowledge on this staple crop, incorporating new information made available by genetic advances, improvements in the understanding of wheat's biology, and changes in the wheat trade industry. Covering phylogeny and ontogeny, manipulation of the environment and optimal management, genetic improvement, and utilization and commercialization, the book focuses on the most economically significant diseases and impacts

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carver, Brett F.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword xvii
Preface xix
Acknowledgements xxi
Contributors xxiii
Section I: Making of a Wheat Plant 3
1 Wheat evolution, domestication, and improvement 5
2 Development of the wheat plant 31
3 The flowering pathway in wheat 57
Section II: Making of a Wheat Crop 73
4 Systems-based wheat management strategies 75
5 Diseases which challenge global wheat production--thewheat rusts 89
6 Diseases which challenge global wheat production--root,crown, and culm rots 125
7 Diseases which challenge global wheat production--powderymildew and leaf and head blights 155
8 Nematodes which challenge global wheat production 171
9 Insects which challenge global wheat production 189
10 Temporally and spatially dependent nitrogen management fordiverse environments 203
11 Grain yield improvement in water-limited environments 215
12 Cutting down on weeds to cut a cleaner wheat crop 251
Section III: Making of a Wheat Cultivar 273
13 Wheat breeding: Procedures and strategies 275
14 State of QTL detection and marker-assisted selection in wheatimprovement 309
15 Genome organization and comparative genomics 327
16 Synthetic wheat--an emerging genetic resource 369
17 Success in wheat improvement 387
18 Transgenic applications in wheat improvement 397
Section IV: Making of a Wheat Industry 437
19 Overview of wheat classification and trade 439
20 Passing the test on wheat end-use quality 455
21 The biochemical and molecular basis of wheat quality 495
22 New uses for wheat and modified wheat products 521
23 US wheat marketing system and price discovery 551
Index 557

Über Autor(innen)

Brett F. Carver is Regents Professor and Wheat Genetics Chair in Agriculture at Oklahoma State University, whose research in wheat breeding and genetics spans 25 years.