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The book comprises the proceedings of the 7th International Wheat Conference, held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, at the end of 2005. Leading scientists from all over the world, specialized on different areas that contribute to the better understanding of wheat production and use, reviewed the present achievements and discussed the future challenges for the wheat crop. The latter are related to producing safe wheat grain in increasingly stressed environments, maintaining at the same time the sustainability of natural resources, in order to meet the needs of food for a growing population.
Topics such as breeding for resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, breeding for improved industrial and nutritional quality, crop and natural resources management, physiology of wheat production, biotechnology and cytogenetics, and conservation and management of genetic resources were covered during the Conference. Results of the extended use of molecular tools in different areas and their contribution to the faster achievement of breeding goals were presented.
This book provides the scientific wheat community the possibility of getting key contributions to that overall sight and an updated view of the main points of interest on those fields of research.
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WHEAT PRODUCTION IN STRESSED ENVIRONMENTS
Developments in Plant Breeding VOLUME 12
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
Wheat Production in Stressed Environments Proceedings of the 7th International Wheat Conference, 27 November–2 December 2005, Mar del Plata, Argentina Edited by
H. T. BUCK Buck Semillas S.A., La Dulce, Argentina
J. E. NISI National Institute for Agricultural Technology and Animal Husbandry, Marcos Juarez, Argentina and
N. SALOMÓN National Southern University, Buenos Aires, Argentina
A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
ISBN 978-1-4020-5496-9 (HB) ISBN 978-1-4020-5497-6 (e-book) Published by Springer, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands. www.springer.com
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Cover picture: Bread wheat field in the Argentine pampas
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
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International and Local Committees
xvii
Benefactors of the Conference
xix
Conference Sponsors
xxi Opening Session
The Global Need for a Sustainable Agricultural Model: Its adoption and some of the benefits derived from the process with special reference to the Argentinean case R.A. Peiretti The Economics of Wheat: Research challenges from field to fork J. Dixon
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Breeding for Resistance to Biotic Stress The Fusarium Head Blight Pathosystem: Status and knowledge of its components P. Nicholson, N. Gosman, R. Draeger, M. Thomsett, E. Chandler and A. Steed The Status of Resistance to Bacterial Diseases of Wheat H. Maraite, C. Bragard and E. Duveiller Spread of a Highly Virulent Race of Puccinia graminis tritici in Eastern Africa: Challenges and opportunities R.P. Singh, M.G. Kinyua, R. Wanyera, P. Njau, Y. Jin and J. Huerta-Espino v
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Inheritance of Adult Plant Resistance Genes and Associated Markers from a Durable Resistant Cultivar to Leaf Rust L. Inga