Applied crop physiology: understanding the fundamentals of grain crop management [electronic resource] Dennis B. Egli
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: CABI BooksPublisher: Wallingford UK CABI 2021Edition: 1Description: 156ppContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781789245967
- corn
- choice
- decision making
- selection
- Papilionoideae
- GMOs
- climate change
- angiosperms
- carbon dioxide fixation
- genetically modified organisms
- maize
- soybeans
- cropping systems
- Glycine max
- Zea
- commelinids
- genetically engineered organisms
- respiration
- Glycine (Fabaceae)
- seed quality
- crops
- Fabales
- row spacing
- climatic change
- growth
- monocotyledons
- Zea mays
- plants
- grain crops
- soyabeans
- evapotranspiration
- carbon assimilation
- photosynthesis
- crop management
- Poales
- Fabaceae
- precision farming
- eudicots
- eukaryotes
- precision agriculture
- planting date
- crop density
- GEOs
- site specific crop management
- Spermatophyta
- crop yield
- Poaceae
- crop production
This book presents a simple, straightforward discussion of the principles and processes involved in the production of grain yield by agronomic crops, and how these processes underlie and influence management decisions. The focus is on grain crops, principally maize and soybean, although the general principles apply equally well to cereals, grain legumes and oil crops.Management decisions define all cropping systems - what (crop species, variety), where (climate), when (planting date), and how (row spacing and population density) are the fundamental choices. Knowledge of the fundamental processes responsible for plant growth and the accumulation of yield simplifies the decision-making process and leads to improved management decisions, higher grain yields, and cropping systems that are efficient, resilient and sustainable. The contents include:· Basic plant growth processes e.g. photosynthesis, respiration, evapotranspiration· Growth and production of yield· Crop management - seed quality, variety selection, plant date, row spacing· Crop production in the future - climate change, GMOs, precision data and new cropsIntended for researchers in crop science, agronomy and plant science, and crop production practitioners, this book will enable readers to make better, more informed management decisions; decisions that will help maintain a well-fed world in the future.
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