Discussing aspects of wheat growth for specific regions around the world, Wheat provides you with information that will improve the size and quality of your crops.
You'll also receive information on the genetic gains in wheat research that are improving the physiological traits and numerical components of this essential grain.
Within Wheat, you'll find data and methods from international experts in the field that will improve the yield and growth of the world's most important crop.
Contents
1. Wheat Physiology
- An Introduction to the Physiological-Ecological Analysis of Wheat Yield
- Wheat Development
- Physiological and Numerical Components of Wheat Yield
- Nitrogen As Determinant of Wheat Growth and Yield
- Grain Quality and Its Physiological Determinants
2. Wheat Ecology
- Effects of Sowing Date and the Determination of Optimum Sowing Date
- Plant Density and Distribution As Modifiers of Growth and Yield
- Wheat Yield As Affected by Weeds
- Wheat Growth, Yield, and Quality As Affected by Insect Herbivores
- Wheat Yield As Affected by Diseases
- Wheat As a Polyculture Component
3. Wheat Production Systems
- Wheat Production in the Great Plains of North America
- Wheat Cropping in Australia
- Wheat Production in Mediterranean Environments
- Wheat Production Systems of the Pampas
4. Breeding to Further Raise Wheat Yields
- Genetic Gains in Wheat Yield and Associated Physiological Changes During the Twentieth Century
- Physiological Traits That Increase the Yield Potential of Wheat
- Breeding Hybrid Wheat for Low-Yielding Environments
- Actual and Potential Contributions of Biotechnology to Wheat Breeding
Index
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