By Brett F. Carver
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. This book focuses on the most economically significant diseases and
impacts covering phylogeny and ontogeny, manipulation of the environment and
optimal management, genetic improvement, and utilization and commercialization.
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Section I: Making of a Wheat Plant
1. Wheat Evolution, Domestication, and Improvement
2. Development of the Wheat Plant
3. The Flowering Pathway in Wheat
Section II: Making of a Wheat Crop
4. Systems-Based Wheat Management Strategies
5. Diseases Which Challenge Global Wheat Production—the Wheat Rusts
6. Diseases Which Challenge Global Wheat Production—Root, Crown, and Culm Rots
7. Diseases Which Challenge Global Wheat Production—Powdery Mildew and Leaf and
Head Blights
8. Nematodes Which Challenge Global Wheat Production
9. Insects Which Challenge Global Wheat Production
10. Temporally and Spatially Dependent Nitrogen Management for Diverse
Environments
11. Grain Yield Improvement in Water-Limited Environments
12. Cutting Down on Weeds to Cut a Cleaner Wheat Crop
Section III: Making of a Wheat Cultivar
13. Wheat Breeding: Procedures and Strategies
14. State of qtl Detection and Marker-Assisted Selection in Wheat Improvement
15. Genome Organization and Comparative Genomics
16. Synthetic Wheat—An Emerging Genetic Resource
17. Success in Wheat Improvement
18. Transgenic Applications in Wheat Improvement
Section IV: Making of a Wheat Industry
19. Overview of Wheat Classification and Trade
20. Passing the Test on Wheat End-Use Quality
21. The Biochemical and Molecular Basis of Wheat Quality 495
22. New Uses for Wheat and Modified Wheat Products
23. US Wheat Marketing System and Price Discovery
Index
2009; 9.6" x 7.7" hardcover; 616 pages; (3
pounds); Item No. 20248
