Outlining successful breeding techniques to augment the yields of the world's
major crops, this reference analyzes the physiological and genetic basis for
past and potential future increases in crop yields.;Covering crops with wide
differences in morphology, photosynthetic rates, and nitrogen metabolisms,
Genetic Improvement of Field Crops: investigates the changes produced by
breeders in the physiological attributes affecting wheat grain yield and
nitrogen content during the last century; discusses those crop characteristics
of oats that have already been altered or might be manipulated through breeding
to further increase yield potential; describes several genetic factors
responsible for both yield potential and stress resistance in barley; offers
insights into the relationship between