Wheat PUBLICATIONS
Bread Wheat
Improvement and Production
Wheat is the most
widely grown cereal crop in the world, with an ever increasing
demand. It plays a fundamental role in food security, and a major
challenge is to meet the additional requirements with new cultivars
and improved cropping technologies. This book provides extensive
information from a number of international experts on the current
status of research on wheat improvement and production, as well
as on other aspects, from its evolutionary origins to seed production
technologies. It will be particularly useful to researchers and
development specialists. The publication has been prepared in
collaboration with CIMMYT.
FAO Plant Production
and Protection Series – No. 30
2002, 566 pp.
ISBN 9251048096
$40.00
Irrigated Wheat
- Managing Your Crop
Wheat is one of
the most important food sources in the developing world. Sustainable
intensification of irrigated wheat requires an adequate and balanced
use of inputs. This self-help publication aims to contribute to
a rational use of inputs by pointing out the various things that
can go wrong with wheat crops and also proposing some effective
solutions for overcoming the problems.
http://www.ecoport.org/EP.exe$EAPage?EART=62&ID=0
2000, 102
pp. + field sheets
ISBN 92-5-104488-0
$20.00
This publication
is also available in Spanish (Trigo regado: manejo
del cultivo, 2001) and in Arabic. For more information
on the Arabic version please contact:
Fawzi
Taher
- Agricultural Officer, FAO Near East Regional Office
Genotype x
environment interactions: challenges and opportunities for plant
breeding and cultivar recommendations
Genotype x environment
interactions, leading to inconsistency of best-yielding material
across cropping environments, challenges plant breeders and complicates
cultivar recommendation. However, it may also offer opportunities,
e.g. raising yields through material specifically adapted to a
given area or crop management practice, or limiting yield reduction
in unfavourable years through the cultivation of stable-yielding
material. Besides providing general background information, this
publication shows how to exploit multi-environment yield trial
data for the definition of adaptation strategies and yield stability
targets in breeding programmes and in order to optimize cultivar
recommendations. An example “Durum Wheat in Algeria”
is also included.
Information on
useful software for data analysis is provided throughout the book,
with special emphasis on IRRISTAT, a programme developed by the
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI),
provided on the accompanying CD-ROM.
FAO PLANT PRODUCTION
AND PROTECTION PAPER – No. 174
The publication is available in:
http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/005/Y4391E/Y4391E00.HTM
2002, 132
pp.
ISBN 9251048703
$26.00
FAO
Technical Papers can be purchased locally through FAO Sales
Agents or directly from Distribution and Sales Section, FAO,
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy.
For
e-mail order: Publications-sales@FAO.ORG
