Crop Science : Progress and Prospects
by J. Nösberger; H. H. Geiger; P. C. StruikFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-01-03
Publisher(s): Cab Intl
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Summary
This book includes keynote invited papers from the Third International Crop Science Congress held in Hamburg, Germany, in August 2000. All papers have been prepared within strict editorial guidelines to ensure that the work is a balanced review text that provides an overview of the major issues confronting crop science today and in the future. It represents a suitable advanced textbook for students, as well as offering research workers concise overviews of topics adjacent to their areas of research. Contributors include leading authorities from Europe, North and South America, Africa, Asia and Australia.
Table of Contents
| Contributors | p. ix |
| Preface | p. xiii |
| Foreword | p. xv |
| Congress Sponsors | p. xvii |
| Facing the Growing Needs of Mankind | |
| Food Security? We Are Losing Ground Fast! | p. 1 |
| The Future of World, National and Household Food Security | p. 15 |
| Crop Science Research to Assure Food Security | p. 33 |
| Modifying the Composition of Plant Foods for Better Human Health | p. 53 |
| Facing the Growing Needs of Mankind--Grasslands and Rangelands | p. 65 |
| Stress in Crops and Cropping Systems | |
| Abiotic Stresses, Plant Reaction and New Approaches Towards Understanding Stress Tolerance | p. 81 |
| Plant Stress Factors: Their Impact on Productivity of Cropping Systems | p. 101 |
| Optimizing Water Use | p. 119 |
| Abiotic Stresses and Staple Crops | p. 137 |
| Biotic Stresses in Crops | p. 155 |
| Management of Complex Interactions for Growth Resources and of Biotic Stresses in Agroforestry | p. 175 |
| Diversity in Agroecosystems | |
| Optimizing Crop Diversification | p. 191 |
| Biodiversity of Agroecosystems: Past, Present and Uncertain Future | p. 213 |
| Conservation and Utilization of Biodiversity in the Andean Ecoregion | p. 231 |
| The Role of Landscape Heterogeneity in the Sustainability of Cropping Systems | p. 243 |
| Designing Crops and Cropping Systems for the Future | |
| Cropping Systems for the Future | p. 261 |
| Will Yield Barriers Limit Future Rice Production? | p. 281 |
| New Crops for the 21st Century | p. 307 |
| Plant Biotechnology: Methods, Goals and Achievements | p. 329 |
| Transgenic Plants for Sustainable Crop Production | p. 351 |
| Position Papers | |
| Crop Science: Scientific and Ethical Challenges to Meet Human Needs | p. 369 |
| Declaration of Hamburg | p. 381 |
| Index | p. 385 |
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