Production and improvement of crops for drylands
By: editor, U.S. Gupta.
Contributors: Gupta, U. S., 1940-
Publisher: Science Publishers, Inc.
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Lebanon, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 449
Subjects: Dry farming.; Arid regions agriculture.; Plant ecophysiology.; Crops -- Physiology.
Description: The importance of dryland farming has been highlighted in the earlier edited titled Physiological Aspects of Dryland Farming, which has been in the market for two decades (1975-1995). Since then considerable research has been conducted and the results published. It was thought necessary to incorporate the new data. Some of the contributors have updated their chapters. The editor took on the task of updating the remaining chapters and these have come out very well. The chapter "Heat until concept of crop maturity" has been deleted and a new chapter "Crop improvement for arid environment" has been added. This is an advance which was lacking in the previous work and has thus increased the value of book tremendously. It was considered appropriate to change the title of the work to the present one. The book is international in scope and has thus maintained its character. It is authoritative and well documented and will serve the readers even better than before.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.