ABSTRACT

This publication opens with the inevitable introduction, moves on to the present traditional approach to breeding for yield stability, and then enumerates a detailed discussion of the physiological approach to breeding for resistance to specific stresses. Not all environmental stresses are covered, omitting those for which little can be said today on practical breeding solutions.

chapter 1|14 pages

The Stress Environment

chapter 2|28 pages

Plant Breeding and Yield Stability

chapter 3|35 pages

Drought Resistance

chapter 4|20 pages

Heat Resistance

chapter 5|34 pages

Cold Resistance

chapter 6|30 pages

Mineral-Stress Resistance

chapter 7|17 pages

Salinity Resistance