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This comprehensive textbook will serve as a go-to reference work for young researchers
It will give readers a balanced perspective on proven breeding methods and emerging technologies
The content is rich in didactic material facilitating the learning of the readers
All chapter authors are leading experts with extensive experience with wheat production
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Table of contents (33 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Delivering Improved Germplasm
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Translational Research to Incorporate Novel Traits
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About this book
Keywords
- crop breeding
- breeding technologies
- genetic gains
- crop yield potential
- wheat pathology
- global economics of wheat
- agriculture public-private parternship
- open access
Editors and Affiliations
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Wheat Physiology, Global Wheat program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Texcoco, Mexico
Matthew P. Reynolds
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Global Wheat program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Texcoco, Mexico
Hans-Joachim Braun
About the editors
Hans-Joachim Braun, a native of Germany with background in wheat breeding has led CIMMYT’s Global Wheat Program from 2004 until 2020, when he retired. He was responsible for technical direction and implementation of the program and lead and managed 40 internationally recruited scientists, who develop wheat germplasm that is distributed to around 200 cooperators in more than 100 countries and grown of more than 50% of the spring wheat area in developing countries. During his 37 years in International Agriculture, he became familiar with all major wheat based systems globally. He lived from 1985 to 2005 in Turkey, leading the Turkey CIMMYT ICARDA International Winter Wheat Improvement Program. He contributed to the development of more than 40 winter wheat varieties released mainly in West and Central Asia, which are grown on more than 2 million ha. Braun was instrumental in recognizing Zn deficiency and soil borne diseases as a major constraint for winter wheat production in the dryland areas of West Asia. He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and received various awards, including the Friendship Award of China for his contribution to develop disease resistant wheat lines for Gansu province, the Crop Science of America Fellowship Award and the International Agronomy Award of the American Society of Agronomy. Braun received his Ph.D. from the University of Hohenheim, Germany in 1983.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Wheat Improvement
Book Subtitle: Food Security in a Changing Climate
Editors: Matthew P. Reynolds, Hans-Joachim Braun
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90673-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2022
License: CC BY
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-90672-6Published: 04 June 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-90675-7Published: 04 June 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-90673-3Published: 02 June 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: LII, 629
Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations, 110 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agriculture, Genetics and Genomics, Food Science, Biomedicine, general