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Crop physiology : applications for genetic improvement and agronomy /

Contemporary agriculture confronts the challenge of increasing demand in terms of quantitative and qualitative production targets. These targets have to be achieved against the background of soil and water scarcity, world-wide and regional shifts in the patterns of land use driven by both climate ch...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sadras, Victor, Calderini, Daniel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, �2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Contemporary agriculture confronts the challenge of increasing demand in terms of quantitative and qualitative production targets. These targets have to be achieved against the background of soil and water scarcity, world-wide and regional shifts in the patterns of land use driven by both climate change and the need to develop crop-based sources of energy, and the environmental and social aspects of agricultural sustainability. Hence, this book compiles a multi-authored perspective on the ways in which crop physiology could be integrated with other disciplines. With a focus on genetic improvem.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780123744319
0123744318
9780080922294
0080922295