| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Abiotic Stresses: Challenges for Plant Breeding in the Coming Decades / Aluízio Borém, Magno Antonio Patto Ramalho and Roberto Fritsche-Neto -- Breeding for Stress-Tolerance or Resource-Use Efficiency? / Roberto Fritsche-Neto and Júlio César DoVale -- The Physiology of Abiotic Stresses / Paulo C. Cavatte, Samuel C.V. Martins, Leandro E. Morais, Paulo E.M. Silva and Fábio M. DaMatta -- Breeding for Nitrogen Use Efficiency / Júlio César DoVale, Rodrigo Oliveira DeLima and Roberto Fritsche-Neto -- Breeding for Phosphorus Use Efficiency / Sidney Netto Parentoni, Flávia Ferreira Mendes and Lauro José Moreira Guimarães -- Breeding for Water Use Efficiency / Marcelo de Almeida Silva, Claudiana Moura dos Santos, Carlos Alberto Labate, Simone Guidetti-Gonzalez and Janaina de Santana Borges, et al. -- Breeding for Salinity Tolerance / Nand Kumar Fageria, Luís Fernando Stone and Alberto Baêta dos Santos -- Breeding for Aluminum Tolerance / Lauro José Moreira Guimarães, Claudia Teixeira Guimarães, Jurandir Vieira Magalhães, Sidney Netto Parentoni and Flávia Ferreira Mendes -- Breeding for Heat-Stress Tolerance / Moacil Alves de Souza, Adérico Júnior Badaró Pimentel and Guilherme Ribeiro -- Breeding Perennial Species for Abiotic Stress / Rinaldo Cesar de Paula, Nadia Figueiredo de Paula and Celso Luis Marino |
| Summary |
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 |
| Analysis |
Life sciences |
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Agriculture |
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Plant breeding |
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Plant physiology |
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Plant Breeding/Biotechnology |
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Plant Genetics & Genomics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Plant breeding.
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Plant biotechnology.
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Plants -- Effect of stress on.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- General.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Sustainable Agriculture.
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Plant biotechnology
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Plant breeding
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Plants -- Effect of stress on
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fritsche-Neto, Roberto, 1983-
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Borém, Aluízio.
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| ISBN |
9783642305535 |
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3642305539 |
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3642305520 |
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9783642305528 |
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