This book includes keynote invited papers from the Third International Crop Science Congress held in Hamburg, Germany in August 2000. All papers have been prepared and revised 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 therefore represents a suitable advanced textbook for students as well as offering research workers concise overviews of topics adjacent to their areas of research. Contributors include leading world authorities from Europe, North and South America, Africa, Asia and Australia.
Crop science and related plant, soil and environmental sciences.
Part 1: Facing the Growing Needs of Mankind
Food Security? We Are Losing Ground Fast! F W T Penning de Vries
The Future of World, National and Household Food Security, F Heidhues
Crop Science Research to Assure Food Security, K G Cassman
Modifying the Composition of Plant Foods for Better Human Health, R F Hurrell
Grasslands and Rangelands, R J Wilkins
Part 2: Stress in Crops and Cropping Systems
Abiotic Stresses, Plant Reactions, and New Approaches Towards Understanding Stress Tolerance, H J Bohnert and R A Bressan
Plant Stress Factors - Their Impact on Productivity of Cropping Systems, U R Sangakkara
Optimizing Water Use, N C Turner
Abiotic Stresses and Staple Crops, G O Edmeades, M Cooper, R Lafitte, C Zinselmeier, J -M Ribaut, J E Habben, C Löffler, and M Bänziger
Biotic Stresses in Crops, R Nelson
Management of Complex Interactions for Growth Resources and of Biotic Stresses in Agroforestry, C K Ong and M R Rao
Part 3: Diversity in Agroecosystems
Optimizing Crop Diversification, D J Connor
Biodiversity of Agroecosystems: Past, Present and Uncertain Future, P J Edwards and A Hilbeck
Conservation and Utilization of Biodiversity in the Andean Ecoregion, W W Collins
The Role of Landscape Heterogeneity in the Sustainability of Cropping Systems, J Baudry and F Papy
Part 4: Designing Crops and Cropping Systems for the Future
Cropping Systems for the Future, J Boiffin, E Malezieux and D Picard
Will Yield Barriers Limit Future Rice Production? J E Sheehy
New Crops for the Twenty-first Century, J Janick
Plant Biotechnology - Methods, Goals, and Achievements, U Sonnewald and K Herbers
Transgenic Plants for Sustainable Crop Production, B Keller and E Hütter Carabias
Part 5: Position Papers
Crop Science: Scientific and Ethical Challenges to Meet Human Needs, L O Fresco
Declaration of Hamburg, J H J Spiertz (ed)
This book includes keynote invited papers from the Third International Crop Science Congress held in Hamburg, Germany in August 2000. All papers have been prepared and revised 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...