Ranked on the basis of harvested mass, the top five cereals in the world are maize (corn), rice, wheat, barley and sorghum. However, the commercial application of biotechnology over these five species is heavily skewed. Only in maize are there genetically engineered varieties currently marketed to...

This chapter takes a macro perspective of the state of the use of crop wild relatives (CWR) in crop improvement programmes under the auspices of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, with some supplementary perspectives from outside of the CG family where required. It asks, ...

This book contains 16 chapters focusing on the recombinant DNA techniques and transformation methods used by the commercial maize biotechnology sector, current traits and future trends of the global adoption of transgenic maize, specific breeding challenges and the current trends in applied sorghum ...

This chapter focuses on the improved cultivar generation of various crops (maize, cassava, rice, bean, potato, cowpea, wheat, soyabean, sweet potato, yam, sorghum, groundnut, banana, chickpea, pigeon pea, barley, pearl millet, faba bean, lentil and pea) in Africa South of the Sahara. Information of ...

This chapter focuses on the adoption and turnover of cultivars of crops, such as soyabean, maize, pigeon pea, wheat, cassava, rice, potato, barley, yam, groundnut, bean, sorghum, cowpea, pearl millet, chickpea, faba bean, lentil, sweet potato, banana and pea, in Africa South of Sahara. The changes...

This chapter describes the simulation of the impact of water deficit and flooding on crop growth, or specifically transpiration/dry matter accumulation, leaf area development, phenological development and nitrogen accumulation. Tabulated data on the results of simulation experiments on wheat,...

This chapter describes the origin, utilization, morphology (vegetative characters and flowers) and anatomy (root, stem, leaf, fruit and seed) of rice, maize, wheat, sorghum and pearl millet, and discusses the significance of the variations in anatomical characters among cultivars. Organ development ...

This book presents guidelines on the identification of macronutrient and micronutrient deficiency symptoms in cereal crops (maize, rice, sorghum, pearl millet, wheat and barley), pulse crops (pigeon pea, green gram, black gram, cowpea, cluster bean, chickpea, Phaseolus vulgaris, lentil and pea),...

This chapter focuses on the use of ethanol as a transportation fuel and fuel additive, ethanol production from grain crops (maize, sorghum, wheat and barley, among others), the chemistry of ethanol production, ethanol production process from grain crops and ethanol production from the dry grind and ...

Crops respond similarly to drought and heat stress: life cycle is accelerated reducing photosynthetic capacity via restricted leaf area and duration. Metabolism is inhibited at temperature and water potential ranges outside those optimal for growth. Reproductive processes are impaired when stress...