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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword xvii Preface xix Acknowledgements xxi Contributors xxiii Section I: Making of a Wheat Plant 3 1 Wheat evolution, domestication, and improvement 5 Summary 5 Introduction 5 Wheat domestication and human civilization 6 Wheat cultivation 7 Origin, domestication, and evolution of wheat 8 Genome evolution and modification 16 Mechanisms for chromosome evolution 18 The potential of wild emmer in wheat improvement 21 Concluding remarks on the process of wheat evolution 22 Future perspectives 23 References 23 2 Development of the wheat plant 31 Summary 31 Introduction 31 Scales of plant development 323 Morphological naming schemes 34 Shoot development 35 Environmental factors influencing shoot development 42 Digital technologies for wheat development 47 Linking molecular biology and functional genomics to development 49 Future perspectives 50 References 50 3 The flowering pathway in wheat 57 Summary 57 Overview of flowering induction in wheat 57 Genetic locations of flowering time genes 58 Positional cloning of flowering time genes in wheat 61 Comparative studies on flowering pathways in plants 65 Future perspectives 67 References 68 Section II: Making of a Wheat Crop 73 4 Systems-based wheat management strategies 75 Summary 75 Introduction 75 Advances in wheat management 75 Dual-purpose wheat 79 No-till wheat production 82 Future perspectives 84 References 86 5 Diseases which challenge global wheat production-the wheat rusts 89 Summary 89 Introduction 90 Wheat leaf rust 90 Wheat stripe rust 102 Wheat stem rust 109 Future perspectives 116 References 117 6 Diseases which challenge global wheat production-root, crown, and culm rots 125 Summary 125 Introduction 125 Common root rot 126 Fusarium crown rot 129 Pythium root rot 131 Rhizoctonia root rot and bare patch 134 Take-all 136 Cephalosporium stripe 139 Eyespot 141 Future perspectives 142 References 144 7 Diseases which challenge global wheat production-powdery mildew and leaf and head blights 155 Summary 155 Introduction 155 Powdery mildew 156 Stagonospora nodorum blotch 157 Septoria tritici blotch 158 Tan spot 159 Fusarium head blight 160 Management of residue-borne diseases 161 Future perspectives 163 References 164 8 Nematodes which challenge global wheat production 171 Summary 171 Introduction 171 Cereal cyst nematode 172 Root-lesion nematode 177 Future perspectives 182 References 183 9 Insects which challenge global wheat product...
