Wheat Science and Trade

Wheat: Science and Trade is an up-to-date, comprehensive reference work designed to expand the current body of knowledge on this staple crop, incorporating new information made available by genetic advances, improvements in the understanding of wheat's biology, and changes in the wheat trade industry. Covering phylogeny and ontogeny, manipulation of the environment and optimal management, genetic improvement, and utilization and commercialization, the book focuses on the most economically significant diseases and impacts

Brett Carver is Regents Professor and Wheat Genetics Chair in Agriculture at Oklahoma State University.

Making of the Wheat Plant
Wheat evolution, domestication, and improvement
Development of the wheat plant
The flowering pathway in wheat
Making of the Wheat Crop
Systems-based wheat management practices strategies
The rust diseases of wheat
Diseases which challenge global wheat production - root, crown, and culm rots
Diseases which challenge global wheat production - powdery mildew, leaf, and head blights
Nematodes which challenge global wheat production
Insects which challenge global wheat production
Temporally and spatially dependent nitrogen management for diverse environments
Grain yield improvement in water-limited environments
Cutting down on weeds to cut a cleaner wheat crop
Making of the Wheat Cultivar
Wheat breeding: Procedures and strategies
State of QTL detection and marker-assisted selection in wheat improvement
Genome organization and comparative genomics
Synthetic wheat - An emerging genetic resource
Success in wheat improvement
Transgenic applications in wheat improvement
Making of the Wheat Industry
Overview of wheat classification and trade
Passing the test on wheat end-use quality
The biochemical and molecular basis of wheat quality
New uses for wheat and modified wheat products
U.S. wheat marketing system and price discovery
Index
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Wheat Science and Trade

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