Crop Physiology, 2nd Edition (Φυσιολογία φυτών - έκδοση στα αγγλικά)

Crop Physiology, 2nd Edition
Applications for Genetic Improvement and Agronomy

The only book that presents a holistic approach to sustainable agriculture and plant physiology

From climate change to farming systems to genetic modification of organisms, Crop Physiology, Second Edition provides a practical tool for understanding the relationships and challenges of successful cropping. With a focus on genetic improvement and agronomy, this book addresses the challenges of environmentally sound production of bulk and quality food, fodder, fiber, and energy which are of ongoing international concern. The second edition of Crop Physiology continues to provide a unique analysis of these topics while reflecting important changes and advances in the relevant science and implementation systems.
Contemporary agriculture confronts the challenge of increasing demand in terms of quantitative and qualitative production targets. These targets have to be achieved against the background of soil and water scarcity, worldwide and regional shifts in the patterns of land use driven by both climate change and the need to develop crop-based sources of energy, and the environmental and social aspects of agricultural sustainability.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Part 1: Carbon, water and nutrient economies of crops
Chapter 1. Crop radiation capture and use efficiency: a framework for crop growth analysis
Chapter 2. Transporting water for carbon in crop plants
Chapter 3. Prospects for Improving the Efficiency of Nitrogen Fixation by Legume Crops and Forages - An Evolutionary Perspective
Chapter 4. Quantifying crop responses to nitrogen deficiency and avenues to improve nitrogen-use efficiency
Chapter 5. Nitrogen and water interactions of cereals in Mediterranean environments
Chapter 6- Plant phosphorous acquisition and crop P use efficiency in agriculture
Chapter 7. Senescence and crop performance
Chapter 8. Biomass and nutrient partitioning of grain crops. Enhancing the allocation of resources to yield
Part 2: Crop physiology, genetic improvement, agronomy and farming systems
Chapter 9. Breeding challenge: improving yield potential
Chapter 10. Crop development: genetic control, environmental modulation and relevance for genetic improvement of crop yield
Chapter 11. Methods for designing crop ideotypes and choosing varieties
Chapter 12. Crop phenotyping for physiological breeding in grain crops: a case study for maize
Chapter 13. Integrated views in plant breeding: from the perspective of biotechnology
Chapter 14. Integrated views in plant breeding: from perspective of crop physiology
Chapter 15. Management and breeding strategies for the improvement of grain and oil quality
Chapter 16. Dynamics of crop-pathogen interactions: from gene to continental scale
Chapter 17. Crop modelling for climate change impact and adaptation
Chapter 18. High input cropping systems of North America
Chapter 19. Low input, low output, high potential Eastern and Southern African cropping systems
Chapter 20. Improving farming systems in northern Europe
Chapter 21. Cropping systems in high yielding potential environments. Opportunities and challenges in Southern Chile
Chapter 22. Farming systems of China: Innovations for sustainable crop production