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1 online resource (xviii, 398 pages) : illustrations |
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Cabi Ser |
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Cabi Ser
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| Contents |
Facing the Growing Needs of Mankind -- Food Security? We Are Losing Ground Fast! / F.W.T. Penning de Vries -- The Future of World, National and Household Food Security / F. Heidhues -- Crop Science Research to Assure Food Security / K.G. Cassman -- Modifying the Composition of Plant Foods for Better Human Health / R.F. Hurrell -- Facing the Growing Needs of Mankind: Grasslands and Rangelands / R.J. Wilkins -- Stress in Crops and Cropping Systems -- Abiotic Stresses, Plant Reaction and New Approaches Towards Understanding Stress Tolerance / H.J. Bohnert and R.A. Bressan -- Plant Stress Factors: Their Impact on Productivity of Cropping Systems / U.R. Sangakkara -- Optimizing Water Use / N.C. Turner -- Abiotic Stresses and Staple Crops / G.O. Edmeades, M. Cooper, R. Lafitte, C. Zinselmeier, J.-M. Ribaut, J.E. Habben, C. Loffler and M. Banziger -- Biotic Stresses in Crops / R. Nelson -- Management of Complex Interactions for Growth Resources and of Biotic Stresses in Agroforestry / C.K. Ong and M.R. Rao -- Diversity in Agroecosystems -- Optimizing Crop Diversification / D.J. Connor -- Biodiversity of Agroecosystems: Past, Present and Uncertain Future / P.J. Edwards and A. Hilbeck -- Conservation and Utilization of Biodiversity in the Andean Ecoregion / W.W. Collins -- The Role of Landscape Heterogeneity in the Sustainability of Cropping Systems / J. Baudry and F. Papy -- Designing Crops and Cropping Systems for the Future -- Cropping Systems for the Future / J. Boiffin, E. Malezieux and D. Picard -- Will Yield Barriers Limit Future Rice Production? / J.E. Sheehy -- New Crops for the 21st Century / J. Janick -- Plant Biotechnology: Methods, Goals and Achievements / U. Sonnewald and K. Herbers -- Transgenic Plants for Sustainable Crop Production / B. Keller and E. Hutter Carabias -- Position Papers -- Crop Science: Scientific and Ethical Challenges to Meet Human Needs / L.O. Fresco -- Declaration of Hamburg / J.H.J. Spiertz |
| 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 |
| Notes |
Papers presented at the Third International Crop Science Congress in Hamburg, Germany |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Crop science -- Congresses
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Crop zones.
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Crops, Agricultural
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General.
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Biotechnology.
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Crop production.
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Cropping systems.
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Stress.
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Stress factors.
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Crop science.
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Crop zones
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Crop science
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nösberger, J. (Josef)
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Geiger, H. H. (Hartwig H.)
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Struik, P. C. (Paul Christiaan), 1954-
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International Crop Science Congress (3rd : 2000 : Hamburg, Germany)
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| LC no. |
2001025486 |
| ISBN |
0851998917 |
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9780851998916 |
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1280829206 |
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9781280829208 |
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9786610829200 |
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6610829209 |
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