Wheat Science and Trade

by Carver, Brett F.

• ISBN13: 9780813820248
• ISBN10: 0813820243
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-06-23
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Wheat: Science and Trade is an up-to-date, comprehensive reference work designed to expand the current body of knowledge on this staple crop, incorporating new information made available by genetic advances, improvements in the understanding of wheat's biology, and changes in the wheat trade industry. Covering phylogeny and ontogeny, manipulation of the environment and optimal management, genetic improvement, and utilization and commercialization, the book focuses on the most economically significant diseases and impacts

Author Biography

Brett Carver is Regents Professor and Wheat Genetics Chair in Agriculture at Oklahoma State University.

Table of Contents

Making of the Wheat Plant

Wheat evolution, domestication, and improvement

Development of the wheat plant

The flowering pathway in wheat

Making of the Wheat Crop

Systems-based wheat management practices strategies

The rust diseases of wheat

Diseases which challenge global wheat production - root, crown, and culm rots

Diseases which challenge global wheat production - powdery mildew, leaf, and head blights

Nematodes which challenge global wheat production

Insects which challenge global wheat production

Temporally and spatially dependent nitrogen management for diverse environments

Grain yield improvement in water-limited environments

Cutting down on weeds to cut a cleaner wheat crop

Making of the Wheat Cultivar

Wheat breeding: Procedures and strategies

State of QTL detection and marker-assisted selection in wheat improvement

Genome organization and comparative genomics

Synthetic wheat - An emerging genetic resource

Success in wheat improvement

Transgenic applications in wheat improvement

Making of the Wheat Industry

Overview of wheat classification and trade

Passing the test on wheat end-use quality

The biochemical and molecular basis of wheat quality

New uses for wheat and modified wheat products

U.S. wheat marketing system and price discovery

Index

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