Crop Physiology Case Histories for Major Crops

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Victor Sadras, Ph.D. (South Australian R&D Institute, The University of Adelaide, Australia) Daniel Calderini (Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile)

Crop Physiology Case Histories for Major Crops

Victor Sadras, Ph.D. (South Australian R&D Institute, The University of Adelaide, Australia), Daniel Calderini (Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile)

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English

Academic Press Inc
10 December 2020

Biochemistry; Plant physiology; Agriculture & farming; Agronomy & crop production

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.

Edited by: Victor Sadras Ph.D. (South Australian R&D Institute The University of Adelaide Australia), Daniel Calderini (Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile)
Imprint: Academic Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 276mm, Width: 215mm,
Weight: 2.080kg
ISBN: 9780128191941
ISBN 10: 0128191945
Pages: 778
Publication Date: 10 December 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

"Victor Sadras is a crop ecophysiologist with interest in the adaptation of crops to environmental stresses, including water deficit, extreme temperatures, nutrient deficit, soil physical and chemical constraints, pathogens and insects. He has measured and modelled aspects of the water, carbon and nitrogen economies of annual (wheat, field pea, chickpea, sunflower, maize, soybean, cotton) and perennial crops (grapevine, olive) in rain-fed and irrigated systems. Dr. Daniel Calderini is a full professor of the Plant Production and Plant Protection Institute of Universidad Austral de Chile since 2002. He has specialised in the Physiology of Crops and Cereals. Dr. Calderini was distinguished with The People's Republic of China Friendship Award. He is Coordinator of the Network ""Sustainable Intensification of Extensive Crop Production of the Ibero-American Program of Science and Technology for Development. He was the head of the Graduate School and the Doctorate Program of the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences. His physiological research was carried out on pea, lupin, rapeseed, sunflower and quinoa in addition to temperate cereals."