Crop Wild Relatives and Climate Change
Shyam Singh Yadav
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Description for Crop Wild Relatives and Climate Change
Hardback. Editor(s): Redden, Robert; Yadav, Shyam Singh; Maxted, Nigel; Ehsan Dulloo, Mohammad; Guarino, Luigi; Smith, Paul. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: RNPG; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 254 x 24. Weight in Grams: 816.
Two major challenges to continued global food security are the ever increasing demand for food products, and the unprecedented abiotic stresses that crops face due to climate change.Wild relatives of domesticated crops serve as a reservoir of genetic material, with the potential to be used to develop new, improved varieties of crops. Crop Wild Relative and Climate Change integrates crop evolution, breeding technologies and biotechnologies, improved practices and sustainable approaches while exploring the role wild relatives could play in increasing agricultural output.
Crop Wild Relative and Climate Change begins with overviews of the impacts of climate change on growing environments and the ... Read more
Two major challenges to continued global food security are the ever increasing demand for food products, and the unprecedented abiotic stresses that crops face due to climate change.Wild relatives of domesticated crops serve as a reservoir of genetic material, with the potential to be used to develop new, improved varieties of crops. Crop Wild Relative and Climate Change integrates crop evolution, breeding technologies and biotechnologies, improved practices and sustainable approaches while exploring the role wild relatives could play in increasing agricultural output.
Crop Wild Relative and Climate Change begins with overviews of the impacts of climate change on growing environments and the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781118854334
SKU
V9781118854334
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Shyam Singh Yadav
Shyam S. Yadav is International Adviser in Agriculture at the Civilian Technical Assistance Program, General Directorate Programs, Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, Kabul, Afghanistan. Bob Redden is a Curator of genetic resources at the Australian Temperate and Filed Crops Collection (ATFCC), Department of Primary Industries, Australia. Nigel Maxted is a Senior Lecturer in Genetic Conservation ... Read more
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