Crop Physiology: Case Histories of Major Crops updates the physiology of broad-acre crops with a focus on the genetic, environmental and management drivers of development, capture and efficiency in the use of radiation, water and nutrients, the formation of yield and aspects of quality.
These physiological process are presented in a double context of challenges and solutions. The challenges to increase plant-based food, fodder, fiber and energy against the backdrop of population increase, climate change, dietary choices and declining public funding for research and development in agriculture are unprecedented and urgent. The proximal technological solutions to these challenges are genetic improvement and agronomy. Hence, the premise of the book is that crop physiology is most valuable when it engages meaningfully with breeding and agronomy.
With contributions from 92 leading scientists from around the world, each chapter deals with a crop: maize, rice, wheat, barley, sorghum and oat; quinoa; soybean, field pea, chickpea, peanut, common bean, lentil, lupin and faba bean; sunflower and canola; potato, cassava, sugar beet and sugarcane; and cotton.
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Table of Contents
1. Maize
2. Rice
3. Wheat
4. Barley
5. Sorghum
6. Oat
7. Quinoa
8. Soybean
9. Field Pea
10. Chickpea
11. Peanut
12. Common bean
13. Lentil
14. Lupin
15. Faba bean
16. Sunflower
17. Canola
18. Potato
19. Cassava
20. Sugar beet
21. Sugarcane
22. Cotton
