Crop Physiology: Applications for Genetic Improvement and Agronomy in Diverse Cropping Systems, Third Edition, provides updated perspectives on crop science at the interface of plant breeding and agronomy. It builds on the premise that farmers rely on two key sets of tools: varieties (what to grow) and practices (how to grow). Within this context, crop physiology plays a central role in guiding both breeding strategies and agronomic decisions.
This edition is designed for researchers and advanced students interested in the fundamentals of crop ecophysiology, including the use and efficiency of water, nitrogen, and carbon, as well as crop adaptation to environmental stresses such as heat, frost, drought, waterlogging, phosphorous, and biological nitrogen fixation. The volume brings together region-specific insights, with detailed chapters on physiological traits and processes that underpin crop performance and productivity in diverse systems.
1. 1 Introduction - p. 55 2. 2 Climate and soil - p. 57 3. 3 Evolution and main features of existing farming systems - p. 60 4. 4 No-till system - p. 76 5. 5 Crop rotation and crop succession - p. 79 6. 6 Crop-livestock(-forest) integration systems - p. 79 7. 7 Concluding remarks - p. 82 8. Section 2. Crops, resources and stresses - p. S2 9. Chapter 4. Development of wheat and barley: Advances and applications of crop development scales - p. 95 10. 1 Introduction - p. 95 11. 2 Development and growth of wheat and barley - p. 96 12. 3 Genetic, environmental and management factors regulating development - p. 100 13. 4 The measurement of development - p. 103 14. 5 Advancing the measurement of development - p. 110 15. 6 Current and emerging applications for crop development scales - p. 113 16. Using thermal time to quantify development - p. 114 17. Approaches to calculating thermal time - p. 114 18. Methodological considerations - p. 115 19. 7 Conclusion - p. 119 20. Chapter 5. Reappraisal of nitrogen dynamics and crop responses for an effective use of nitrogen by major field crops - p. 129 21. Chapter 6. Nitrogen fixation in legumes and cereals - p. 161 22. Chapter 7. Root traits for improving phosphorus acquisition efficiency - p. 181 23. Chapter 8. Advances in high-throughput functional root phenotyping in the field: Implications for breeding and agronomy - p. 211 24. Chapter 9. Waterlogging stress on cereal, legume and oilseed crops - p. 227 25. Chapter 10. Low temperature stress in annual and perennial crops - p. 253 26. 1 Introduction - p. 254 27. Freezing damage during the life cycle of wheat - p. 257 28. Frost damage in grapevines - p. 257 29. 2 Low temperature perception by plants and signalling pathways - p. 257 30. 3 Low temperature damage - p. 260 31. 4 Cold acclimation - p. 264 32. 5 Breeding for improved cold tolerance in crops - p. 269 33. 6 Agronomic practices to mitigate cold stress - p. 271 34. 7 Concluding remarks - p. 277 35. Chapter 11. Heat stress in annual field crops - p. 289 36. Chapter 12. The phenotype of plants in crop stands: Implications of plant-plant relations for breeding and agronomy - p. 307 37. Chapter 13. Complexity of cropping systems - p. 321 38. Index - p. 351
Crop Physiology: Applications for Genetic Improvement and Agronomy in Diverse Cropping Systems, Third Edition, provides updated perspectives on crop science at the interface of plant breeding and agronomy. It builds on the premise that farmers rely on two key sets of tools: varieties (what to grow) and practices (how to grow). Within this context, crop physiology plays a central role in guiding both breeding strategies and agronomic decisions.
This edition is designed for researchers and advanced students interested in the fundamentals of crop ecophysiology, including the use and efficiency of water, nitrogen, and carbon, as well as crop adaptation to environmental stresses such as heat, frost, drought, waterlogging, phosphorous, and biological nitrogen fixation. The volume brings together region-specific insights, with detailed chapters on physiological traits and processes that underpin crop performance and productivity in diverse systems.
1. 1 Introduction - p. 55 2. 2 Climate and soil - p. 57 3. 3 Evolution and main features of existing farming systems - p. 60 4. 4 No-till system - p. 76 5. 5 Crop rotation and crop succession - p. 79 6. 6 Crop-livestock(-forest) integration systems - p. 79 7. 7 Concluding remarks - p. 82 8. Section 2. Crops, resources and stresses - p. S2 9. Chapter 4. Development of wheat and barley: Advances and applications of crop development scales - p. 95 10. 1 Introduction - p. 95 11. 2 Development and growth of wheat and barley - p. 96 12. 3 Genetic, environmental and management factors regulating development - p. 100 13. 4 The measurement of development - p. 103 14. 5 Advancing the measurement of development - p. 110 15. 6 Current and emerging applications for crop development scales - p. 113 16. Using thermal time to quantify development - p. 114 17. Approaches to calculating thermal time - p. 114 18. Methodological considerations - p. 115 19. 7 Conclusion - p. 119 20. Chapter 5. Reappraisal of nitrogen dynamics and crop responses for an effective use of nitrogen by major field crops - p. 129 21. Chapter 6. Nitrogen fixation in legumes and cereals - p. 161 22. Chapter 7. Root traits for improving phosphorus acquisition efficiency - p. 181 23. Chapter 8. Advances in high-throughput functional root phenotyping in the field: Implications for breeding and agronomy - p. 211 24. Chapter 9. Waterlogging stress on cereal, legume and oilseed crops - p. 227 25. Chapter 10. Low temperature stress in annual and perennial crops - p. 253 26. 1 Introduction - p. 254 27. Freezing damage during the life cycle of wheat - p. 257 28. Frost damage in grapevines - p. 257 29. 2 Low temperature perception by plants and signalling pathways - p. 257 30. 3 Low temperature damage - p. 260 31. 4 Cold acclimation - p. 264 32. 5 Breeding for improved cold tolerance in crops - p. 269 33. 6 Agronomic practices to mitigate cold stress - p. 271 34. 7 Concluding remarks - p. 277 35. Chapter 11. Heat stress in annual field crops - p. 289 36. Chapter 12. The phenotype of plants in crop stands: Implications of plant-plant relations for breeding and agronomy - p. 307 37. Chapter 13. Complexity of cropping systems - p. 321 38. Index - p. 351
