Overview
This text includes keynote invited papers from the Third International Crop Science Congress held in Hamburg, Germany in August 2000. However, all papers have been prepared within strict editorial guidelines to ensure that the work is a balanced review text that provides an overview of the major issues confronting crop science today and in the future. It is therefore an advanced textbook for students as well as offering research workers consice overviews of topics adjacent to their areas of research. Contributors include authorities from Europe, North and South America, Africa, Asia and Australia.
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Author: Josef Nösberger (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland) ,
Hartwig Geiger (University of Hohenheim, Germany) ,
Paul Struik (Wageningen University, The Netherlands) ,
Hartwig Geiger (University of Hohenheim, Germany)
Publisher: CABI Publishing
Imprint: CABI Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 3.40cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.930kg
ISBN: 9780851995304
ISBN 10: 0851995306
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 28 September 2001
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"""Containing 20 invited chapters from the Third International Crop Science Congress held in Hamburg in August of 2000, this work attempts to address the contributions that crop science can add to the ability to sustainably feed a growing world population. After providing an overview of the constraints imposed by scarce natural resources, articles focus on biotic and abiotic stress in crops and cropping systems from the molecular to the system level. Further articles look at how regional differences in gene populations and biological diversity in agricultural ecosystems are crucial traits for sustainable productions systems and explore the potential of new technologies. Also included are the Declaration of Hamburg, in which crop scientists express concern about the role of science and society in sustainable food production, as well as a contribution from UN's Food and Agricultural Organization discussing crop science and ethics.""--SciTech Book News"
Containing 20 invited chapters from the Third International Crop Science Congress held in Hamburg in August of 2000, this work attempts to address the contributions that crop science can add to the ability to sustainably feed a growing world population. After providing an overview of the constraints imposed by scarce natural resources, articles focus on biotic and abiotic stress in crops and cropping systems from the molecular to the system level. Further articles look at how regional differences in gene populations and biological diversity in agricultural ecosystems are crucial traits for sustainable productions systems and explore the potential of new technologies. Also included are the Declaration of Hamburg, in which crop scientists express concern about the role of science and society in sustainable food production, as well as a contribution from UN's Food and Agricultural Organization discussing crop science and ethics. --SciTech Book News<br>
