Wheat: Science and Trade

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Brett F. Carver
John Wiley & Sons, 23 juin 2009 - 608 pages
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
 

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Summary
5
5
31
Systemsbased wheat
75
5
89
6
125
7
155
Origin domestication and evolution
166
global wheat production
171
technologies
327
Organization and evolution of
387
Mechanisms for chromosome evolution
397
Making of
437
Repetitive
439
wheat genome
455
diversity and evolution
495
New uses for wheat
521

Origin of the A genome
203
Emmer and durum wheat
215
Cutting down on weeds to
251
Origin of hexaploid wheat
309
Genome evolution and modification
324
Summary
551
Making of
556
BAC clones
557
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Brett F. Carver is Regents Professor and Wheat Genetics Chair in Agriculture at Oklahoma State University, whose research in wheat breeding and genetics spans 25 years.

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