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Category : Plant breeding
Languages : en
Pages : 1408
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Plant Breeding Abstracts
Author: Technical Note
Author: Canadian Journal of Research
Author: Experiment Station Record
Author: United States. Office of Experiment StationsPublisher:
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Category : Agricultural experiment stations
Languages : en
Pages : 1062
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Agronomy Abstracts
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 976
Book Description
Includes abstracts of the annual meetings of the American Society of Agronomy; Soil Science Society of America; Crop Science Society of America ( - of its Agronomic Education Division).
Experiment Station Record
Author: U.S. Office of Experiment StationsPublisher:
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Category : Agricultural experiment stations
Languages : en
Pages : 1122
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Agrindex
Author: Comprehensive Dissertation Index
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Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 1086
Book Description
Vols. for 1973- include the following subject areas: Biological sciences, Agriculture, Chemistry, Environmental sciences, Health sciences, Engineering, Mathematics and statistics, Earth sciences, Physics, Education, Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, History, Law & political science, Business & economics, Geography & regional planning, Language & literature, Fine arts, Library & information science, Mass communications, Music, Philosophy and Religion.
Breeding for drought and nitrogen stress tolerance in maize: From theory to practice
Author: M. BänzingerPublisher: CIMMYT
ISBN: 9706480463
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Languages : en
Pages : 69
Book Description
Introduction - why breed for drought and low N tolerance?; Conceptual framework - breeding; Conventional approaches to improving the drought and low N tolerance of maize; Conventional approaches challenged; The challenge of breeding for drought and low N tolerance; Maize under drought and low N stress; Conceptual framework - physiology; Water and the maize plant; Nitrogen and the maize plant; Maize under drought and low N stress - consequences for breeding; Stress management; Drought; Low N stress; Statistical designs and layout of experiments; Increasing the number of replicates; Improved statistical designs; Field layout; Border effects from alleys; Secondary traits; Why use secondary traits?; How do we decide on the value of secondary traits in a drought or low N breeding program?; Secondary traits that help to identify drought tolerance; Secondary traits that help to identify low N tolerance: Selection indices - Combining information on secondary traits with grain yield; Combining information from various experiments; Breeding strategies; Choice of germplasm; Breeding schemes; Biotechnology: potential and constraints for improving drought and low N tolerance; The role of the farmer in selection; What is farmer participatory research and why is it important?; What is new about farmer participatory research?; Participatory methodologies.
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