Plant Breeding for Abiotic Stress Tolerance

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Fritsche-Neto, Roberto (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Borém, Aluízio (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Plant genetics.; Plant physiology.; Plant breeding.; Life Sciences.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.; Plant Physiology.

The rapid population growth and the increase in the per capita income, especially in the group of emerging countries referred to as BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) has created huge pressure for the expansion of the agricultural growing area and the crop yields to meet...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Abiotic Stresses: Challenges for Plant Breeding in the Coming Decades
• Breeding for Stress-Tolerance or Resource-Use Efficiency?
• The Physiology of the Abiotic Stresses
• Breeding for Nitrogen Use Efficiency
• Breeding for Phosphorous Use Efficiency
• Breeding for Water Use Efficiency
• Breeding for Salinity Tolerance
• Breeding for Aluminum Tolerance
• Breeding Heat-Stress Tolerance
• Breeding Perennial Species for Abiotic Stresses.