About the Book
Wheat is the most widely cultivated cereal in the world and a staple food for around 3 billion people. It has been estimated that demand for wheat could increase by up to 60% by 2050. There is an urgent need to increase yields in the face of such challenges as climate change, threats from pests and diseases and the need to make cultivation more resource-efficient and sustainable. Drawing on an international range of expertise, this collection focuses on ways of improving the cultivation of wheat at each step in the value chain, from breeding to post-harvest storage. Volume 1 reviews research in wheat breeding and quality traits as well as diseases and pests and their management. Chapters in Part 1 review advances in understanding of wheat physiology and genetics and how this has informed developments in breeding, including developing varieties with desirable traits such as drought tolerance. Part 2 discusses aspects of nutritional and processing quality. Chapters in Part 3 cover research on key wheat diseases and their control as well as the management of insect pests and weeds. Achieving sustainable cultivation of wheat Volume 1: Breeding, quality traits, pests and diseases will be a standard reference for cereal scientists in universities, government and other research centres and companies involved in wheat cultivation. It is accompanied by Volume 2 which reviews improvements in cultivation techniques.
Table of Contents:
Part 1: Wheat physiology and breeding 1. Wheat genetic resources: global conservation and use for the future P. Bramel, Global Crop Diversity Trust, Germany 2. Sequencing and assembly of the wheat genome Kellye Eversole and Jane Rogers, International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium, USA Beat Keller, University of Zurich, Switzerland Rudi Appels, Murdoch University, Australia Catherine Feuillet, Bayer Crop Science, USA 3. Advances in wheat breeding techniques Alison R. Bentley and Ian Mackay, NIAB, UK 4. Improving the uptake and assimilation of nitrogen in wheat plants Jacques Le Gouis, INRA, France and Malcolm Hawkesford, Rothamsted Research, UK 5. Photosynthetic improvement of wheat plants Martin A. J. Parry et al UK 6. Improving drought and heat tolerance in wheat Xinguo Mao, Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China Delong Yang, College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, China and Ruilian Jing, Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China 7. Advances in cold-resistant wheat varieties D.Z. Skinner, USDA-ARS, USA Part 2: Wheat nutritional and processing quality 8. Genetic and other factors affecting wheat quality A. S. Ross, Oregon State University, USA 9. Measuring wheat quality Ian Batey, formerly CSIRO, Australia 10. The nutritional and nutraceutical value of wheat Victoria Ndolo and Trust Beta, University of Manitoba, Canada Part 3: Wheat diseases, pests and weeds 11. Wheat diseases: an overview Albrecht Serfling et al, Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI), Institute for Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance, Germany 12. Advances in control of wheat rusts Z. A. Pretorius, University of the Free State, South Africa M. Ayliffe, CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Australia R. L. Bowden, ARS-USDA, USA L. A. Boyd, National Institute of Agricultural Botany, UK R. M. DePauw, Advancing Wheat Technologies, Canada Y. Jin, ARS-USDA Cereal Disease Laboratory, USA R. E. Knox, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada R. A. McIntosh and R. F. Park, University of Sydney, Australia R. Prins, CenGen and University of the Free State, South Africa E. S. Lagudah, CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Australia 13. Advances in control of wheat diseases: Fusarium head blight, wheat blast and powdery mildew Hermann Buerstmayr, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria Volker Mohler, Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture, Germany and Mohan Kohli, Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Paraguay 14. Advances in disease-resistant wheat varieties James Anderson, University of Minnesota, USA 15. Recent molecular technologies for tackling wheat diseases Indu Sharma, Pramod Prasad and Subhash C. Bhardwaj, ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, India 16. Integrated wheat disease management Stephen N. Wegulo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA 17. Wheat pests: introduction, rodents and nematodes Marion O. Harris, North Dakota State University, USA Jens Jacob, Julius Kühn-Institut Peter Brown, CSIRO, Australia and Guiping Yan, North Dakota State University, USA 18. Wheat pests: insects, mites, and prospects for the future Marion O. Harris and Kirk Anderson, North Dakota State University, USA Mustapha El-Bouhssini, ICARDA, Morocco Frank Peairs, Colorado State University, USA Gary Hein, University of Nebraska, USA and Steven Xu, USDA-ARS Northern Crops Institute, USA 19. The impact of climate change on wheat insect pests: current knowledge and future trends Sanford D. Eigenbrode, University of Idaho, USA and Sarina Macfadyen, CSIRO, Australia 20. Integrated pest management in wheat cultivation Abie Horrocks and Melanie Davidson, The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, New Zealand and Paul Horne and Jessica Page, IPM Technologies Pty Limited, Australia 21. Integrated weed management in wheat cultivation K. Neil Harker and John O’Donovan, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada and Breanne Tidemann, University of Alberta, Canada
About the Author :
Dr Peter Langridge is Emeritus Professor of Plant Science at the University of Adelaide
Review :
"These books present a comprehensive coverage of issues facing wheat production globally. The authors represent the top scientists involved in the diverse areas that are important for sustainable wheat production and will this book provides an excellent resource for those interested in wheat improvement and production".
Dr Hans-Joachim Braun, Director Global Wheat Program and CRP Wheat, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico
