Wheat improvement : food security in a changing climate / Matthew P. Reynolds, Hans-Joachim Braun, editors.
Reynolds, Matthew P., editor.; Braun, H.-J. (Hans-Joachim), editor.
2022
SB191.W5
Available Online

Linked e-resources

Linked Resource Online Access
Concurrent users Unlimited
Authorized users Open access
Document Delivery Supplied Open access

Details

Title Wheat improvement : food security in a changing climate / Matthew P. Reynolds, Hans-Joachim Braun, editors.
ISBN 9783030906733 (electronic bk.)
3030906736 (electronic bk.)
9783030906726
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90673-3
Published Cham : Springer, [2022]
Copyright ©2022
Language English
Description 1 online resource (lii, 629 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-030-90673-3 doi
Call Number SB191.W5
Dewey Decimal Classification 633.1/1
Summary This open-access textbook provides a comprehensive, up-to-date guide for students and practitioners wishing to access in a single volume the key disciplines and principles of wheat breeding. Wheat is a cornerstone of food security: it is the most widely grown of any crop and provides 20% of all human calories and protein. The authorship of this book includes world class researchers and breeders whose expertise spans cutting-edge academic science all the way to impacts in farmers’ fields. The book’s themes and authors were selected to provide a didactic work that considers the background to wheat improvement, current mainstream breeding approaches, and translational research and avant garde technologies that enable new breakthroughs in science to impact productivity. While the volume provides an overview for professionals interested in wheat, many of the ideas and methods presented are equally relevant to small grain cereals and crop improvement in general. The book is affordable, and because it is open access, can be readily shared and translated -- in whole or in part -- to university classes, members of breeding teams (from directors to technicians), conference participants, extension agents and farmers. Given the challenges currently faced by academia, industry and national wheat programs to produce higher crop yields --- often with less inputs and under increasingly harsher climates -- this volume is a timely addition to their toolkit.
Note Includes index.
Access Note Open access
Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 9, 2022).
Added Author Reynolds, Matthew P., editor.
Braun, H.-J. (Hans-Joachim), editor.
Linked Resources Online Access
Record Appears in Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources
Introduction
History of Wheat Breeding: A Personal View
Defining Target Wheat Breeding Environments
Global Trends in Wheat Production, Consumption and Trade
Breeding Methods: Line Development
Breeding Methods: Population Improvement and Selection Methods
Achieving Genetic Gains in Practice
Wheat Rusts: Current Status, Prospects of Genetic Control and Integrated Approaches to Enhance Resistance Durability
Globally Important Non-Rust Diseases of Wheat
Abiotic Stresses
Wheat Quality
Nutritionally Enhanced Wheat for Food and Nutrition Security
Experimental Design for Plant Improvement
Seed Systems to Support Rapid Adoption of Improved Varieties in Wheat
Crop Management for Breeding Trials
A Century of Cytogenetic and Genome Analysis: Impact on Wheat Crop Improvement
Conserving Wheat Genetic Resources
Exploring Untapped Wheat Genetic Resources to Boost Food Security
Disease Resistance
Insect Resistance
Yield Potential
Heat and Climate Change Mitigation
Drought
Micronutrient Toxicity and Deficiency
Pre-breeding Strategies
Translational Research Networks
High Throughput Field Phenotyping
Sequence-based marker assisted selection in wheat
Application of CRISPR-Cas-based Genome Editing for Precision Breeding in Wheat
Accelerating Breeding Cycles
Improving Wheat Production and Breeding Strategies Using Crop Models
Theory and Practice of Phenotypic and Genomic Selection Indices.

Browse Subjects

Show more subjects...

Statistics

from
to
Export