Crop Production under Stressful Conditions Application of Cutting-edge Science and Technology in Developing Countries /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Kokubun, Makie (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Asanuma, Shuichi (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Agriculture.; Plant breeding.; Sustainable development.; Climate change.; Plant genetics.; Plant physiology.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Sustainable Development.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Plant Genetics and Genomics.; Plant Physiology.

This book presents field studies on crop production in developing countries such as Vietnam, Kenya, Namibia, Colombia, Afghanistan and Sudan. Further, it examines the achievements of SATREPS, a development assistance program sponsored by the Japanese government that promotes international joint res...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• SATREPS program challenging global issues on food security: Overview
• Development of rice promising lines using genomic information in Vietnam
• Tailor-made rice breeding and cultivation technology for Kenya's environment
• Development of flood- and drought-adaptive cropping systems in Namibia
• Improving resources utilization efficiency in rice production systems with contour-levee irrigation in Colombia
• Development of wheat breeding materials using genetic resources in Afghanistan
• Biotechnology to generate a drought-tolerant soybean in Brazil
• Management of invasive pests in cassava in the greater Mekong subregion
• Control of witchweed (Striga) through chemical, biological and ecological methods in semi-arid regions in Sudan
• Bringing stability to world food supplies with Japanese technology and Mexican genetic resources
• Lessons learnt from SATREPS projects and perspectives.