Wheat: Ecology and Physiology of Yield Determination / Edition 1

by E H Satorre, Gustavo A Slafer

Overview

Discussing the latest processes involved in researching yield generation, Wheat: Ecology and Physiology of Yield Determination will help you design various types of crop production systems for maximum yield. Featuring information on developing high-yielding, low-input, and quality-oriented systems, this book offers you both physiological and ecological approaches that will help you understand the crop as well as increase its production.

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, including:

• how temperature, vernalization, and the photoperiod affect the development of wheat
• using the correct amount of nitrogen fertilizers for wheat crops
• an explanation of the reproduction and nitrogen cycles of wheat
• how elements and conditions such as lipids, proteins, nitrogen, and climate enhance grain quality
• estimating and determining optimal sowing dates
• examining factors that may affect wheat yield-density relationships, such as planting arrangement and date of sowing
• preventing seed decay and examining effects of mildews and leaf blights
• examining historical trends of the crop to see what further research needs to be done

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781560228745
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/06/1999
Pages:	524
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

E H Satorre, Gustavo A Slafer

Table of Contents

Contents About the Editors  Contributors , Preface , Part One: Wheat Physiology , Chapter 1. An Introduction to the Physiological-Ecological Analysis of Wheat Yield , Worldwide Importance of Wheat , A Niche for This Book , Objectives , Chapter 2. Wheat Development , Introduction , Dynamics of Initiation and Appearance of Vegetative and Reproductive Organs , Effects of Major Factors on the Duration of Developmental Phases , Chapter 3. Physiological and Numerical Components of Wheat Yield , Introduction , Factors Affecting Kernal Number , Factors Affecting Individual Kernal Weight , Summary and Strategies for Future Yield Improvement , Chapter 4. Nitrogen As Determinant of Wheat Growth and Yield , Introduction , Nitrogen in the Soil , Nitrogen Metabolism in the Plant , Nitrogen Effects at the Plant and Crop Level , Optimization of Nitrogen Fertilization , Water Supply and Nitrogen Assimilation , Chapter 5. Grain Quality and Its Physiological Determinants , Introduction , What Makes Wheat So Special?—The Wheat Proteins , The Nonprotein Components of the Wheat Grain , How Do Wheat Grains Grow? Grain Quality Is the Result of Interactions Between Grain Components , Conclusions , Part II: Wheat Ecology , Chapter 6. Effects of Sowing Date and the Determination of Optimum Sowing Date , Introduction , Sowing and Establishment , Growth and Development , Maturation and Harvest , Experimental Estimation of Optimum Sow Dates , Wheat in England , Wheat in Australia , Other Regions , Determination of Optimal Sowing Dates , Chapter 7. Plant Density and Distribution As Modifiers of Growth and Yield ,l