Barley Science de Gustavo A Slafer

Barley Science: Recent Advances from Molecular Biology to Agronomy of Yield and Quality

Gustavo A Slafer

Jose Luis Molina-Cano

Roxana Savin

Jose Luis Araus

Ignacio Romagosa

Find up-to-date information on barley for malting, food, and animal feed!

This comprehensive book covers every aspect of barley from molecular biology to agronomy of yield and quality. In addition to the exposition of the basic concepts, Barley Science explains the latest developments in the field. In addition, this remarkable book presents ideas and techniques for bridging the gap between physiology and breeding.

Beginning with the history of this ancient cultivated grain, Barley Science presents state-of-the-art information on genetics and breeding, physiology, and agronomy. One chapter explains the CERES computer simulation of barley growth, development, and yield. Every chapter includes a thorough literature review, and you will find many helpful tables and figures.

Barley Science offers cutting-edge information on the latest developments in the field, including:

wild barley as a source of genes for crop improvement
genetics and breeding for specific attributes
genetic engineering
determining barley yield under stress
new breeding strategies for disease resistance
choosing genotype, sowing date, and plant density for malting barley
enhancing pre-harvest sprouting resistance
barley proteins and malting performance

Written by the top experts in the field, Barley Science is an excellent update and broadening of the information found in previous barley books. Agronomists, breeders, geneticists, and physiologists--and their students--will turn again and again to this essential resource.

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About the Editors , Contributors , Preface , Chapter 1. Contribution of Barley to Agriculture. A Brief Overview , History of Barley Cultivation , Utilization of Barley , Share of Barley in Today's Cereal Production , Utilization of the Barley Crop , References , Chapter 2. New Views on the Origin of Cultivated Barley , Historical Introduction—The Quest for the Ancestors of Cultivated Barley , Proposed Centers of Origin for Barley , Distinctiveness of Moroccan H. spontaneum , Distinctiveness of Western Mediterranean H. vulgare , Similarities Between Western Mediterranean H. spontaneum and H. vulgare , Phylogenetic Conclusions: A Western Mediterranean Center of Origin for Barley? , Chapter 3. Molecular Mapping of the Barley Genome , Introduction , Genetic and Physical Mapping , Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci , Mapping Disease Resistance Genes , Comparative Mapping and Synteny , Concluding Statement , Chapter 4. Wild Barley As a Source of Genes for Crop Improvement , Introduction , Origin and Taxonomy , Disease Resistance , Abiotic Stress Tolerance , Grain Quality , Genetic Diversity , Future Trends , Chapter 5. Genetics and Breeding of Malt Quality Attributes , Introduction , Components of Malting Quality , Effects of Breeding , Future Directions , Chapter 6. Genetics and Breeding of Barley Feed Quality Attributes , Introduction , Feed Quality Characteristics , Genetics of Feed Quality Characteristics , Breeding for Feed Quality , Projections for the Future , Chapter 7. Experiences with Genetic Transformation of Barley and Characteristics of Transgenic Plants , Introduction , Barley Transformation of Imm

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This comprehensive book covers every aspect of barley from molecular biology to agronomy of yield and quality for malting, food, and animal feed. Beginning with the history of this ancient cultivated grain, Barley Science presents state-of-the-art information on genetics and breeding, physiology, and agronomy, including a chapter on the CERES Barley computer simulation of growth, development, and yield. You will find many helpful tables and a thorough literature review in every chapter. In addition, this remarkable book presents ideas and techniques for bridging the gap between physiology and breeding.