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Food Security in Nutrient-Stressed Environments: Exploiting Plants' Genetic Capabilities (Hardcover, 2002 ed.)
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Food Security in Nutrient-Stressed Environments: Exploiting Plants' Genetic Capabilities (Hardcover, 2002 ed.)
Series: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, 95
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Ultimate success in exploiting the genetic capabilities of plants
to grow in nutrient-stressed environments of the semi-arid tropics
(SAT) requires a holistic view of food systems to ensure that
genetic selections for improved yields on nutrient-poor soils will
actually be adopted by farmers. This book sets out to address the
important issue of how physiological mechanisms of nutrient uptake
can best be combined with genetic options to improve the adaptation
of crops to low-nutrient availability, thereby enhancing
productivity of nutrient poor soils in the semi-arid tropics. The
book examines (i) the sustainability of breeding for low-nutrient
environments from the viewpoint of three interrelated disciplines;
physiology, breeding, and socio-economics, (ii) candidate
mechanisms and physiological traits to enhance uptake and
utilization efficiencies, (iii) genetic approaches for manipulation
of crop plants to enhance root exudation and access nutrients in
the rhizosphere, and (iv) field practices and farmers' preferences
for crop varieties grown in low-nutrient environments. Finally, the
role of modelling in improving nutrient efficiency in cropping
systems, recommendations for future research needs and strategies
were highlighted. Attended by 50 international participants, this
book is the outcome of the workshop held at ICRISAT-India during
27-30 September 1999 to mark the culmination of the Government of
Japan/ICRISAT Project.
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