Format:
Online-Ressource (VIII, 175p. 24 illus., 8 illus. in color, digital)
ISBN:
9783642305535
Series Statement:
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Content:
The rapid population growth and the increase in the per capita income, especially in the group of emerging countries referred to as BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) has created huge pressure for the expansion of the agricultural growing area and the crop yields to meet the rising demand. As a result, many areas that have been considered marginal for growing crops, due to their low fertility, drought, salinity, and many other abiotic stresses, have now been incorporated in the production system. Additionally, climate change has brought new challenges to agriculture to produce food, feed, fiber and biofuels. To cope with these new challenges, many plant breeding programs have reoriented their breeding scope to stress tolerance in the last years. The authors of this book have collected the most recent advances and discoveries applied to breeding for abiotic stresses in this book, starting with new physiological concepts and breeding methods, and moving on to discuss modern molecular biological approaches geared to the development of improved cultivars tolerant to most sorts of abiotic stress. Written in an easy to understand style, this book is an excellent reference work for students, scientists and farmers interested in learning how to breed for abiotic stresses scenarios, presenting the state-of-the-art in plant stresses and allowing the reader to develop a greater understanding of the basic mechanisms of tolerance to abiotic stresses and how to breed for them.
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Description based upon print version of record
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Plant Breeding for Abiotic Stress Tolerance; Preface; Contents; 1 Abiotic Stresses: Challenges for Plant Breeding in the Coming Decades; Abstract; 1.1…Introduction; 1.2…Crop Yield Potential; 1.3…Plant Breeding and Stresses Caused by Climate Change; 1.4…Plant Breeding and the Soil Abiotic Stresses; 1.5…Perspectives; References; 2 Breeding for Stress-Tolerance or Resource-Use Efficiency?; Abstract; 2.1…Introduction; 2.2…Tolerance and Efficiency as Responses to Abiotic Stress; 2.3…Results Observed; References; 3 The Physiology of Abiotic Stresses; Abstract; 3.1…Introduction; 3.2…Water Deficit
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3.2.1 Plants Strategies Against Water Deficit3.2.2 Physiological Strategies for Productivity Increases Under Water Deficit Conditions; 3.2.3 Difficulties and Advances in the Development of Drought-Tolerant Cultivars; 3.3…Salinity; 3.3.1 Salinity Tolerance; 3.4…Heat Stress; 3.4.1 Plant Response and Morpho-Physiological Alterations to High Temperatures; 3.4.2 Strategies to Increase Heat Tolerance; 3.5…Nitrogen (N) Deficiency; 3.5.1 Physiological Strategies for Increasing NUE; 3.5.1.1 Physiological Strategies for Increasing NUpE; 3.5.1.2 Physiological Strategies for Increasing NUtE
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3.6…Phosphorus (P) Deficiency3.6.1 Physiological Strategies for Increasing PUpE; 3.6.2 Physiological Strategies for Increasing PUtE; 3.7…Aluminum (Al) Toxicity; 3.7.1 Morpho-Physiological Responses and Alterations to Al Toxicity; 3.7.2 Physiological Mechanisms of Al Tolerance; 3.7.3 Identification of Tolerant Plants to High Al; 3.8…Conclusion; References; 4 Breeding for Nitrogen Use Efficiency; Abstract; 4.1…Introduction; 4.2…Germplasms and Genetic Variability; 4.3…Inheritance, Maternal Effects and Relationship Among Traits; 4.4…Induction of Stress: Duration, Intensity and Uniformity
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4.5…Strategies for Selection and Breeding4.6…Biotechnology Applied to Improve NUE; 4.6.1 Candidates Genes and Quantitative Trait Loci; 4.6.2 Genome-Wide Selection; 4.6.3 Transgenes for NUE; References; 5 Breeding for Phosphorus Use Efficiency; Abstract; 5.1…Introduction; 5.2…Phosphorus Dynamics in the Soil; 5.3…Concepts of P Use Efficiency; 5.4…Genetics of Phosphorus Efficiency; 5.5…Mechanisms Related to P Use Efficiency in Plants; 5.6…Imposition and Intensity of Stress; 5.7…Soil Characterization of Experimental Sites; 5.8…Intensity of the Stress
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5.9…Breeding Strategies for P Use Efficiency in Maize5.10…Experimental Conditions; 5.11…Methods of Evaluation of P Use Efficiency in Plants; 5.12…Advances in Biotechnology for P Use Efficiency; References; 6 Breeding for Water Use Efficiency; Abstract; 6.1…Introduction; 6.2…Water Use Efficiency; 6.3…Germplasm, Genetic Variability and Relationship Between Characteristics; 6.4…Inheritance and Maternal Effect; 6.5…Oxidative Stress; 6.6…Stress Induction: Duration, Intensity, and Uniformity; 6.7…Selection Strategies and Breeding Methods; 6.8…Biotechnology Applied to the Breeding of WUE
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6.8.1 Quantitative Trait Loci
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783642305528
Additional Edition:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Plant breeding for abiotic stress tolerance Heidelberg [u.a.] : Springer, 2012 ISBN 9783642305528
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3642305520
Language:
English
Subjects:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science
Keywords:
Pflanzenzüchtung
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Stressresistenz
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Abiotischer Faktor
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Pflanzenzüchtung
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Stressresistenz
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Abiotischer Faktor
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-30553-5
URL:
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(lizenzpflichtig)
Author information:
Fritsche-Neto, Roberto 1983-
Author information:
Borém, Aluízio 1959-
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