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Handbook of Maize: Its Biology

Maize is one of the world's highest value crops, with a multibillion dollar annual contribution to agriculture. The great adaptability and high yield of maize as a food, feed and forage crop have led to its production on a massive scale, with acreage expanding at the expense of other crops. Mai...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Bennetzen, Jeff L. (Editor ), Hake, Sarah C. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edición:1st ed. 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Vegetative Shoot Meristems
  • Development of the Inflorescences
  • The Maize Floral Transition
  • The Maize Male Gametophyte
  • The Maize Megagametophyte
  • Patterning of the Maize Embryo and the Perspective of Evolutionary Developmental Biology
  • Kernel Biology
  • The Maize Root System: Morphology, Anatomy, and Genetics
  • Axial Patterning of the Maize Leaf
  • Cell Biology of Maize Leaf Development
  • Light Signal Transduction Networks in Maize
  • Maize Disease Resistance
  • Virus Resistance
  • Genetics and Biochemistry of Insect Resistance in Maize
  • Chilling Stress in Maize Seedlings
  • Drought Tolerance in Maize
  • Responses to Oxygen Deprivation and Potential for Enhanced Flooding Tolerance in Maize
  • Maize Al Tolerance
  • Maize Under Phosphate Limitation
  • Agronomic Traits and Maize Modifications: Nitrogen Use Efficiency
  • Seed Phosphate
  • Seed Starch Synthesis
  • Heterosis
  • Increasing Yield
  • The Illinois Long-Term Selection Experiment, Related Studies, and Perspectives
  • QTL for Agronomic Traits in Maize Production
  • The Mexican Landraces: Description, Classification and Diversity
  • Production, Breeding and Process of Maize in China.