Wheat science and trade

• Autor: Brett Frederick Carver 1958-
• Assuntos: Wheat -- Genetics; Wheat -- Diseases and pests; Wheat -- Breeding; Wheat trade; TRIGO (GENÉTICA); DOENÇAS DE PLANTAS
• Notas: Includes bibliographical references and index
  
• Descrição: Wheat evolution, domestication, and improvement -- Development of the wheat plant -- The flowering pathway in wheat -- Systems-based wheat management strategies -- Diseases which challenge global wheat production- the wheat rusts -- Diseases which challenge global wheat production-root, crown, and culm rots -- Diseases which challenge global wheat production-powdery mildew and leaf and head blights -- Nematodes which challenge global wheat production -- Insects which challenge global wheat production -- Temporally and spatially dependent nitrogen management for diverse environments -- Grain yield improvement in water-limited environments -- Cutting down on weeds to cut a cleaner wheat crop -- Wheat breeding: procedures and strategies -- State of QTL detection and marker-assisted selection in wheat improvement -- Genome organization and comparative genomics -- Synthetic wheat-an emerging genetic resource -- Success in wheat improvement -- Transgenic applications in wheat improvement -- Overview of wheat classification and trade -- Passing the test on wheat end-use quality -- The biochemical and molecular basis of wheat quality -- New uses for wheat and modified wheat products -- US wheat marketing system and price discovery
  
• Títulos relacionados: Série:World agriculture series
• Editor: Ames, Iowa Wiley-Blackwell
  
• Data de criação/publicação: 2009
  
• Formato: xxvii, 569 p., [16] p. of plates ill. (some col.) 26 cm.
  
• Idioma: Inglês