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Food Security in Nutrient-Stressed Environments: Exploiting Plants’ Genetic Capabilities

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Welcome address
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    Chapter 2 Government of Japan Project activities at ICRISAT 1984–1999
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    Chapter 3 Physiological traits for crop yield improvement in low N and P environments
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    Chapter 4 Prospects for using conventional techniques and molecular biological tools to enhance performance of ‘orphan’ crop plants on soils low in available phosphorus
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    Chapter 5 Ex-ante impact assessment and economic analysis of breeding for nutrient efficiency and alternate strategies, a conceptual model and research issues: A socio-economist’s view
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    Chapter 6 Breeding for low-nutrient environments: Is it sustainable?
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    Chapter 7 Breeding for low-nutrient environments
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    Chapter 8 Genetic adaptation of crop plants to low-nutrient environments: morphological and ecophysiological characteristics of adaptation
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    Chapter 9 Genotypic variability and physiological characteristics of crop plants adapted to low-nutrient environments
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    Chapter 10 Physiological adaptations for nitrogen use efficiency in sorghum
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    Chapter 11 Photosynthesized carbon translocation and distribution of crops adapted to low-nutrient environments
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    Chapter 12 Varietal differences in root growth as related to nitrogen uptake by sorghum plants in low-nitrogen environment
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    Chapter 13 Genotypic variability in phosphorus solubilizing activity of root exudates by pigeonpea grown in low-nutrient environments
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    Chapter 14 Root cell-wall properties are proposed to contribute to phosphorus (P) mobilization by groundnut and pigeonpea
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    Chapter 15 Role of soil microorganisms in improving P nutrition of plants
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    Chapter 16 Phosphorus use efficiency as related to sources of P fertilizers, rainfall, soil, crop management, and genotypes in the West African semi-arid tropics
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    Chapter 17 Modelling root-induced solubilization of nutrients
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    Chapter 18 Scope for genetic manipulation of mineral acquisition in chickpea
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    Chapter 19 Aluminum tolerance in nodulated N 2 -fixing legumes species native to two contrasting savanna sites
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    Chapter 20 Effect of rock phosphate and superphosphate fertilizer on the productivity of maize var. Bisma
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    Chapter 21 Candidate mechanisms
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    Chapter 22 Assessing germplasm collections for traits useful in plant nutrition
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    Chapter 23 Root exudates as mediators of mineral acquisition in low-nutrient environments
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    Chapter 24 Genetic control of root exudation
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    Chapter 25 Transporter genes to enhance nutrient uptake: Opportunities and challenges
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    Chapter 26 The phosphate uptake mechanism
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    Chapter 27 Breeding for better symbiosis
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    Chapter 28 Genetic approaches for manipulating crop plants to enhance root exudation and access low nutrients in the rhizosphere
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    Chapter 29 Breeding crops for enhanced micronutrient content
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    Chapter 30 Appropriate farm management practices for alleviating N and P deficiencies in low-nutrient soils of the tropics
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    Chapter 31 Farmer preferences and legume intensification for low nutrient environments
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    Chapter 32 Nutrient balances: A guide to improving the sorghum- and groundnut-based dryland cropping systems in semi-arid tropical India
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    Chapter 33 Preplant moisture and fertility conditions as indicators of high and stable yields in rainfed cropping systems
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    Chapter 34 Role of modelling in improving nutrient efficiency in cropping systems
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    Chapter 35 Combining genetic improvement with natural resource management
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    Chapter 36 Closing remarks
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    Chapter 37 Future research needs, priorities, and strategies
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Title
Food Security in Nutrient-Stressed Environments: Exploiting Plants’ Genetic Capabilities
Published by
Springer Netherlands, June 2013
DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-1570-6
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978-9-04-816013-6, 978-9-40-171570-6
Editors

Adu-Gyamfi, J. J.

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Unknown 46 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 9 20%
Student > Master 7 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 13%
Researcher 5 11%
Lecturer 1 2%
Other 4 9%
Unknown 14 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 20 43%
Environmental Science 5 11%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 4%
Engineering 2 4%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 2 4%
Other 2 4%
Unknown 13 28%