Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Wheat Volume 1 - Breeding, Quality Traits, Pests and Diseases

This book reviews advances in breeding techniques as well as their application to produce drought-resistant and other improved varieties. It also discusses wheat nutritional quality. Finally it reviews developments such as disease-resistant varieties and other techniques to combat pests and diseases.

A propos de l'auteur

Dr Peter Langridge is Emeritus Professor of Plant Science at the University of Adelaide and former CEO of the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics (ACPFC). Professor Langridge is also Chair of the Scientific Board of the Wheat Initiative set up to coordinate international research in wheat.

Résumé

This book reviews advances in breeding techniques as well as their application to produce drought-resistant and other improved varieties. It also discusses wheat nutritional quality. Finally it reviews developments such as disease-resistant varieties and other techniques to combat pests and diseases.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Paula Bramel, Simon Griffiths, Greg Rebetzke
• Collaboration: Peter Langridge (Editeur), Prof. Peter Langridge (Editeur)
• Edition: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9781786760166
• ISBN: 978-1-78676-016-6
• Pages: 688
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 41 mm
• Poids: 1131 g
• Thèmes: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agric; Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science; Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
• Catégorie: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Technique > Autres