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Wheat, Barley and Triticale Abstracts
Wheat, Barley and Triticale Abstracts is a fully searchable abstracts database of internationally published research.
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Wheat, Barley and Triticale Abstracts covers crop husbandry, crop protection, breeding, physiology, harvesting, food technology and nutritional aspects, and economics of wheat, barley, rye and triticale.
Wheat, Barley and Triticale Abstracts is a fully searchable abstracts database of internationally published research.
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The following aspects applied to wheat (Triticum spp.), barley (Hordeum spp.), rye (Secale spp.) and triticale (Triticosecale).
Agronomy
All aspects of agronomy and crop husbandry, including:
- agronomy and crop management:
- – chemical growth regulation on a field scale, and growth regulation by physical methods
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- – crop establishment
– cropping systems
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- – farming systems
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- – irrigation
– mulching
– seedbed preparation including soil fumigation or sterilization
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- – soil cultivation and tillage
- – seed and seed-tuber treatment
- – sowing and planting
- – spacing and plant density
- – yield forecasting
- seed production:
- – artificial seeds
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- – embryology
– morphology
- – seed aging
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- – seed anatomy
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- – seed composition
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- – seed development
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- – seed quality and testing
- fertilizer application:
- – date, method and form of fertilizer application
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- – nutrient uptake and irrigation
– organic manures
– soil amendments
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Breeding, taxonomy and genetic resources
All aspects of breeding and crop improvement, including
- – breeders rights
- – descriptions of new cultivars
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- – domestication
- – evolution
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- – gene banks
- – germplasm exchange
– in-situ and ex-situ conservation
– mutations
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- – polyploidy
- – plant genetic resources
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- – seed production
– studies on wild relatives
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- – taxonomy and nomenclature
– variety trials
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Economics
Agricultural economics and production economics. Subject areas include:
- – agricultural and environmental economics research and theory
- – agricultural and natural resource policy (land, water, fisheries)
- – agricultural and regional development
- – agricultural structure
- – employment and income
- – input industries
- – supply, demand and prices
- – food policy
- – marketing and trade
- – finance and credit
- – farm management and production economics
- – farming systems
- – cooperatives
- – extension, education and research
Genetics and biotechnology
All aspects of genetics and molecular biology including
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- – biosafety
– cytology
- – cytogenetics
- – embryology
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- – genetic engineering
- – gene mapping
– inheritance and gene expression
- – intellectual property rights
– molecular genetics
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- – nucleotide sequences
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- – production of secondary metabolites
– tissue and organ culture
Harvesting, storage and agricultural engineering
In addition to harvesting all aspects of agricultural engineering are covered including:
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- – grain drying, aeration and storage
– grain quality assessment using image processing- handling and transport
– harvesting and threshing
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- – milling
– ploughing and seedbed preparation, fertilizer/pesticide application
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- – seed drills
Nutrition and food technology
All aspects of wheat, barley, triticale and rye related to animal and food nutrition are included, including physiology and biochemistry of nutrients and antinutrients.
- animal nutrition coverage includes:
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- – effect on digestion
- – nutritive value
– papers on feeds
- – production responses to dietary manipulation and management
- – silage making
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- human nutrition includes:
- – diet studies
- – diet related disorders and therapeutic nutrition
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- – food allergies
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- – nutritive value and digestibility
- food science – aspects relating to human nutrition including:
- – analysis
- – food composition
- – nutritional value and contamination
Pests and diseases
- – All pests including insects, nematodes and vertebrate pests.
- – Also pathogens (bacteria, fungi and viruses), their incidence, control and management.
- – Includes integrated pest management, biological control techniques, and utilization of cultivar pest and disease resistance.
Physiology and biochemistry
Covers all areas of physiology including
- – dormancy
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- – enzymes
- – germination
– growth
- – flowering
- – fruit development and ripening
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- – growth regulators and metabolic inhibitors
- – includes cultivar resistance to abiotic stresses such as drought, heat, cold and salinity
– ion transport
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- – metabolism
– nutrition
- – nitrogen fixation
– photosynthesis
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- – plant morphology and anatomy
– postharvest physiology
- – respiration
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- – senescence
- – techniques and models
– transpiration
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- – translocation
- – plant composition
- – water relations
Rural development and land use
Covers all aspects related and associated with the process of rural development in those countries that are popularly termed the ‘Third World’. These include
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- – agrarian reform and land tenure
- – agricultural development
- – employment and labour
– environment and the utilisation of natural resources
- – food aid
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- – innovation adoption
– human resources
- – poverty
Utilization of byproducts
In addition to the use of byproducts such as flours, bran, meal and straw in any agricultural or industrial context, other miscellaneous papers relating to the crops are included.
Weeds
– All aspects of the biology and ecology of weeds, weed control by chemical, physical, cultural, biological or integrated methods.
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