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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “rodomiro ortiz”
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  • Plant Breeding in the Omics Era

    by Rodomiro Ortiz Ríos ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The field of plant breeding has grown rapidly in the last decade with breakthrough research in genetics and genomics, inbred development, population improvement, hybrids, clones, self-pollinated crops, polyploidy, transgenic breeding and more. This book discusses the latest developments in all these areas but explores the next generation of needs and discoveries including omics beyond genomics, ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Plant Breeding 2050

    Next-Gen Crops

    Edited by P. M. Priyadarshan, Rodomiro Ortiz ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book addresses the global issue of food security for the year 2050, when the population is expected to rise to 10 billion people. It is estimated that by year 2025 itself, the number of people experiencing acute hunger will rise to 270 million due to food crisis. Enhancing the existing sustainable agriculture activities to increase global food production is thus a necessity for achieving the ... Read more

    $256.99 CAD

  • Next Generation Food Crops for Human Health

    Edited by Sangam L. Dwivedi, Rodomiro Ortiz, Chittaranjan Kole ...
    Series series Nextgen Agriculture
    As the global population surges, the challenge of feeding the world becomes increasingly urgent. Meeting this demand requires doubling crop yields and delivering safe, nutritious, and affordable food, but current agricultural practices fall short in combating malnutrition, climate change impacts, and the decline in food diversity.Next-Generation Food Crops for Human Health delves into the advances ... Read more

    $352.99 CAD

  • Routledge Handbook of Food and Nutrition Security

    Edited by Bill Pritchard, Rodomiro Ortiz, Meera Shekar ...
    Series series Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks
    The concept of food and nutrition security has evolved and risen to the top of the international policy agenda over the last decade. Yet it is a complex and multi-faceted issue, requiring a broad and inter-disciplinary perspective for full understanding. This Handbook represents the most comprehensive compilation of our current knowledge of food and nutrition security from a global perspective. It ... Read more

    $119.99 CAD

  • Developing drought-resistant cereals

    by Prof. Roberto Tuberosa, Prof Thomas Sinclair, Prof William J. Davies, Professor John C. Cushman, Dr Jack Christopher, Dr Eric S. Ober, Prof Ruilian Jing, Prof Rodomiro Ortiz, Dr Marco Maccaferri, Dr Mitiku A. Mengistu0, Dr Anya Heathcote1, Dr Weiguo Chen2, Dr Daizhen Sun3, Dr Runzhi Li4, Dr Ilaria Marcotuli5, Dr Agata Gadaleta6, Dr Osvin Arriagada7, Dr Samantha Reveco8, Dr Andrés R. Schwember9, Dr Matteo Campana0, Dr Christian Alfaro1, Dr Iván Matus2, Dr Elhan Ersoz3, Dr Michel E. Ghanem4, Dr Robert Bensen5, Dr Arnauld A. Thiry6, Dr Matthew P. Reynolds7, Dr Ian C. Dodd8, Dr Ambra Viviani9 ...
    Drought remains the biggest single threat from climate change to the production of key cereal crops, such as wheat and barley. Cereals also respond in complex ways to drought stress, making improved drought tolerance a challenging trait to achieve. With many cereals recognised as staple food crops due to their nutritional value, more research is required into improving drought tolerance as a means ... Read more

    $203.99 CAD

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  • The Sweetpotato Genome

    Edited by G. Craig Yencho, Bode A. Olukolu, Sachiko Isobe ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This open access book is a compilation of advances in sweetpotato genomics, which have been used to improve our understanding of the evolution of sweetpotato, increase our knowledge of crop growth and development, and provided critical information required for genomic-assisted breeding in sweetpotato. Sweetpotato is a critical food staple for millions of people in the developing world that has ... Read more

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  • One Billion Hungry

    Can We Feed the World?

    by Gordon Conway ...
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  • Abiotic Stress Response in Plants

    by Narendra Tuteja, Sarvajeet S. Gill ...
    Understanding abiotic stress responses in plants is critical for the development of new varieties of crops, which are better adapted to harsh climate conditions. The new book by the well-known editor team Narendra Tuteja and Sarvajeet Gill provides a comprehensive overview on the molecular basis of plant responses to external stress like drought or heavy metals, to aid in the engineering of stress ... Read more

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    Occurrence, Characterization, Treatment, and Management

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    10 Myths

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