Crop science : progress and prospects / edited by J. Nösberger, H.H. Geiger, and R.C. Struik.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Geiger, H. H. (Hartwig H.)

Nösberger, J. (Josef)

Struik, P. C. (Paul Christiaan), 1954-

Conference Name:

International Crop Science Congress (3rd : 2000 : Hamburg, Germany)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crop science--Congresses.

Crop science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 398 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, England ; New York : CABI Pub., c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text includes keynote invited papers from the Third International Crop Science Congress held in Hamburg, Germany in August 2000. The papers provide an overview of the major issues confronting crop science today and in the future.

Contents:

Contributors; Preface; Foreword; Congress Sponsors; 1 Food Security? We Are Losing Ground Fast!; 2 The Future of World, National and Household Food Security; 3 Crop Science Research To Assure Food Security; 4 Modifying the Composition of Plant Foods for Better Human Health; 5 Facing the Growing Needs of Mankind - Grasslands and Rangelands; 6 Abiotic Stresses, Plant Reactions and New Approaches Towards Understanding Stress Tolerance; 7 Plant Stress Factors: Their Impact on Productivity of Cropping Systems; 8 Optimizing Water Use; 9 Abiotic Stresses and Staple Crops; 10 Biotic Stresses in Crops

11 Management of Complex Interactions for Growth Resources and of Biotic Stresses in Agroforestry; 12 Optimizing Crop Diversification; 13 Biodiversity of Agroecosystems: Past, Present and Uncertain Future; 14 Conservation and Utilization of Biodiversity in the Andean Ecoregion; 15 The Role of Landscape Heterogeneity in the Sustainability of Cropping Systems; 16 Cropping Systems for the Future; 17 Will Yield Barriers Limit Future Rice Production?; 18 New Crops for the 21st Century; 19 Plant Biotechnology: Methods, Goals and Achievements; 20 Transgenic Plants for Sustainable Crop Production; 21 Crop Science: Scientific and Ethical Challenges to Meet Human Needs122 Declaration of Hamburg; Index

Notes:

Papers presented at the Third International Crop Science Congress in Hamburg, Germany.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-82920-6

9786610829200

0-85199-891-7

OCLC:

476055723