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Advances in agronomy. Vol. 103 /

Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate source for the latest research in agronomy. As always, the subjects covered are varied and exemplary of the myriad of subject matter dealt with by this long-running serial. * Maintains the highest impact factor a...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sparks, Donald L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Academic Press, 2009.
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505 0 |a Front Cover; Advances in Agronomy; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Clearing the Air: Livestock's Contribution to Climate Change; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Overview of global, national, and state (California) reports on livestock's role in climate change; 1.2. Global estimates for livestock's impact on climate change; 1.3. United States estimates for livestock's impact on climate change; 1.4. California estimates for livestock production effects on climate change; 2. Life Cycle Assessment; 3. Effects of Agriculture on Climate Change; 5. Enteric Fermentation 
505 8 |a 8. Livestock Induced Desertification9. Release from Cultivated Soil; 12. Postharvest: CO2 from Livestock Processing; 13. Conclusions; References; Chapter 2: Improvement of Drought Resistance in Rice; 2.1. Drought-occurrence parameters; 2.3. Drought-prone target environments; 2.4. Systems analysis and characterization; 3. Rice Responses to Drought; 3.1. Plant water use; 3.3.3. Photosynthesis and stomata aperture traits; 3.3.4. Carbon isotope discrimination and WUE; 4. Concepts and Tools for Phenotyping; 4.6. Phenotyping for gene expression and profiling; 5. Conventional Breeding 
505 8 |a 5.2. Heritability of yield components5.3. Direct selection for yield under drought; 5.3.1. Developing breeding populations; 5.3.3. Combining drought resistance and high yield; 7. Drought-Resistance Genes and GM Technology; 7.1. Gene discovery; 7.2. Rice transformation; 7.2.1. Perspectives of using functional protein genes; 7.3. Bioinformatics and gene functional analysis; Chapter 3: Problems, Challenges, and Strategic Options of Grain Security in China; 1. Introduction; 1.2. Present grain production and supply in China; 2. Connotation of Grain Security in China 
505 8 |a 2.1. Concept of food security and grain security5. Problems and Challenges of Grain Security in China; 5.2. Water resources problems; 5.6. Changes in population growth and the standard of living; 6. Strategy Options and Countermeasures for Grain Security in China; 6.2. To increase the fiscal input in agriculture production; 6.6. To protect and enhance the farmers' initiative for grain production; 7. Case Studies; 7.1.3. Main contents of the activity; 7.2.2. Objectives of the activity; 8. Concluding Remarks; Chapter 4: Weed Management in Rice-Based Cropping Systems in Africa 
505 8 |a 2. Weed Species in Rice in Africa3. Weed Management Practices in African Rice-Based Cropping Systems; 4. Emerging Weed Problems and Weed Management Issues; 5.1.2. Integrated crop and weed management approaches; 6. Concluding Remarks; References; Index; Color Plates 
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