Organic Crop Breeding provides readers with a thorough review of the latest efforts by crop breeders and geneticists to develop improved varieties for organic production. The book opens with chapters looking at breeding efforts that focus on specific valuable traits such as quality, pest and disease resistanceas well as the impacts improved breeding efforts can have on organic production. The second part of the book is a series of crop specific case studies thatlook at breeding efforts currently underway from around the world in crops ranging from carrots to corn. Organic Crop Breeding includes chapters from leading researchers in the field and is carefully edited by two pioneers in the field. Organic Crop Breeding provides valuable insight for crop breeders, geneticist, crop science professionals, researchers, and advanced students in this quickly emerging field. INDICE: Contributors Foreword William F. Tracy Preface Edith T. Lammerts van Bueren and James R. Myers Acknowledgments Section 1 General Topics Related to Organic Plant Breeding Chapter 1 Organic Crop Breeding: Integrating OrganicAgricultural Approaches and Traditional and Modern Plant Breeding Methods Edith T. Lammerts van Bueren and James R. Myers Introduction How Different Are Organic Farming Systems? Consequences for Cultivar Requirements From Cultivar Evaluation to Organic Seed Production and Plant Breeding Programs The History ofOrganic Crop Breeding in Europe and the United States Perspectives and Challenges for Breeding for Organic Agriculture Conclusion References Chapter 2 Nutrient Management in Organic Farming and Consequences for Direct and Indirect Selection Strategies Monika Messmer, Isabell Hildermann, Kristian Thorup-Kristensen, and Zed Rengel Introduction Availability of Nutrients in Organic Farming Roots: The Hidden Potential Even Greater Complexity: Plant-Microbe-Soil Interactions Importance of Selection Environments Breeding Strategies References Chapter 3 Pest and Disease Management in Organic Farming: Implications and Inspirations for Plant Breeding Thomas F. D¨oring, Marco Pautasso, Martin S. Wolfe, and Maria R. Finckh Introduction Plant Protection in Organic Farming Key Target Areas of Plant Breeding for Organic Plant Protection Breeding Goals for Ecological Plant Protection Plant Breeding Approaches Directly Targeting Pests or Diseases Plant Breeding Approaches with Indirect Effects on Plant Health Discussion and Conclusions References Chapter 4 Approaches to Breed for Improved Weed Suppression in Organically Grown Cereals Steve P. Hoad, Nils-Øve Bertholdsson, Daniel Neuhoff, and Ulrich K¨opke Background Crop Competitiveness Against Weeds Crop Traits Involved in Weed Suppression Selection of Traits and Their Evaluation in Plant Breeding Programs Selection Strategies Understanding Crop-Weed Interactions to Assist Plant Breeding Concluding Remarks and Wider Perspectives References Chapter 5 Breeding for Genetically Diverse Populations: Variety Mixtures and Evolutionary Populations Julie C. Dawson and Isabelle Goldringer Introduction Benefits of Genetic Diversity for Organic Agriculture On-Farm Conservation of Useful Genetic Diversity Breeding Strategies Conclusion References Chapter 6 Centralized or Decentralized Breeding: The Potentials of Participatory Approaches for Low-Input and Organic Agriculture Dominique Desclaux, Salvatore Ceccarelli, John Navazio, Micaela Coley, Gilles Trouche, Silvio Aguirre, Eva Weltzien, and Jacques Lanc¸on Introduction Centralized and Decentralized Breeding: Definitions What Can Be Decentralized in Breeding and Why? Participatory Approaches PPB: A Single Term Yielding Different Approaches Some Examples of PPB for Organic and Low Input Agriculture in Southern Countries Some Examples of PPB for Organic and Low Input Agriculture in Northern Countries General Conclusions and Limits of PPB Approaches
- ISBN: 978-0-470-95858-2
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 312
- Fecha Publicación: 27/02/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés