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1 online resource (232 pages) |
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INTRODUCTION; GENERAL PRINCIPLES; Complete Understanding Requires Information from Several Levels of Biological Organization; Separating Causes and Effects Can Be Difficult; Limiting Factors, Synergisms, and Source/Sink Effects; Optimization and Efficiency; Genetic and Environmental Influences on Plants; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES AND QUANTITATIVE METHODS; Value of Experimental Studies in Different Fields or Seasons Having Contrasting Environments; Value of Experimental Studies in Controlled Environments; Value of Experimental Studies with Different Environments Imposed in the Same Field; Quantitative Methods; CROP PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO LIGHT, PHOTOSYNTHESIS, AND RESPIRATION; Photosynthesis and Productivity; Photosynthesis and Adaptation; Mitochondrial Respiration; Photorespiration; Growth Analysis; CROP PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO TEMPERATURE AND CLIMATIC ZONES; Seed Germination, Storage, |
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And Dormancy; Resumption of Active Growth by Perennials; Vegetative Growth; Reproductive Development; Climactic Zones; Comparison Method for Determining Where Crops Can Be Grown; CROP DEVELOPMENTAL RESPONSES TO TEMPERATURE, PHOTOPERIOD, AND LIGHT QUALITY; Heat-Unit Systems for Predicting Plant Development; Chilling Requirements of Plants; Plant Developmental Responses to Photoperiod; Light Quality Effects on Plant Development; RADIATION AND ENERGY BALANCES, |
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AND PREDICTING CROP WATER USE AND TEMPERATURE; Solar Radiation at the Surface of the Earth; Types of Radiation in the Earth's Environment and Optical Qualities of Plants; Radiation and Energy Balances; Predicting Crop Water Use; Predicting Temperature Differences between Crop Canopy and Air; CROP TRANSPIRATION AND WATER RELATIONS; Transpiration; Stomatal Responses to Environment; Optimal Stomatal Function; Adaptive Significance of Plant Differences in the Level of Daily Water Use; Adaptive Significance of Plant Differences in Transpiration Efficiency; Liquid Water Transport form Soil to Leaves; Components of Total Water Potential; Flow of Water from Root to Shoot; Crop Water Relations; CROP ADAPTATION TO WATER-LIMITED ENVIRONMENTS; Crop Species Differences in Drought Resistance; Mechanisms of Drought Resistance; HYDROLOGICAL BUDGET OF CROPPING SYSTEMS, IRRIGATION, |
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AND CLIMATIC ZONES; Irrigation Management; Climactic Zone definition based on Water; CROP RESPONSES TO SALINITY AND OTHER LIMITING SOIL CONDITIONS; Plant Responses to Extremes of Soil Texture and High Soil Bulk Density; Salinity Tolerance; Tolerance to High Boron; Tolerance to High Aluminum; INTERACTION OF CROP RESPONSES TO PESTS AND ABIOTIC FACTORS; Crop Phonology and the Escape or Aggravation of Pest Problems; Crop Resistance to Pests; CONSIDERATION OF CROP RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENT IN PLANT BREEDING; Defining Crop Ideotype Traits; Testing the Value of Crop Ideotype Traits; Perspectives for Future Use of Crop Ideotypes in Plant Breeding; REFERENCES |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-221) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Crops -- Ecophysiology.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Anatomy & Physiology.
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Crops -- Ecophysiology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1420041088 |
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9781420041088 |
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