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- Editors:
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Henrique Guedes-Pinto
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Departamento de Genética e Biotecnologia, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real Codex, Portugal
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Norman Darvey
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Plant Breeding Institute, University of Sydney, Cobbity, Australia
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Valdemar P. Carnide
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Departamento de Genética e Biotecnologia, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real Codex, Portugal
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Table of contents (118 chapters)
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Abiotic Stresses
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Front Matter
Pages 417-417
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- Robert M. D. Koebner, Paul K. Martin
Pages 429-436
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- Augusto Carlos Baier, Daryl J. Somers, J. Perry Gustafson
Pages 437-444
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- Ana Maria Antunes, José Pereira, Maria Antonieta Nunes
Pages 445-451
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- Dorothee Morath, Gitta Oettler, Albrecht E. Melchinger
Pages 453-459
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- Grzegorz Budzianowski, Walenty Maćkowiak, Kazimierz Paizert, Barbara Apolinarska
Pages 467-474
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- Ana Maria Antunes, José Pereira, Maria Antonieta Nunes
Pages 475-480
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- Daryl J. Somers, Keith G. Briggs, J. Perry Gustafson
Pages 481-488
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- Jerry W. Johnson, Bingru Huang
Pages 489-495
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Diseases
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Front Matter
Pages 497-497
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- Mariana Ittu, Gheorghe Ittu, Nicolae N. Săulescu
Pages 527-533
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- Benoit Bizimungu, J. Collin, C.-A. St. Pierre, A. Comeau
Pages 541-547
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- Rebeca Gonzalez, S. A. Castrejon, Eulalio Venegas Gonzalez
Pages 549-556
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- Vivien Vanstone, Mohammed Farsi, Tony Rathjen, Kath Cooper
Pages 557-560
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Triticale Breeding
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Front Matter
Pages 561-561
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- Augusto C. Baier, J. Perry Gustafson
Pages 563-569
About this book
Triticale's days as a scientific curiosity are definitely over. Its wide acceptance as a feed, grain or forage crop, or for baking and malting, plus its high yields under marginal or stress conditions have made it an economically important crop in countries such as Poland, Germany, Australia, Portugal, Brazil, Morocco and China. This publication contains selected, reviewed, and up-to-date papers presented at the Third International Triticale Symposium held in Lisbon, Portugal, by the International Triticale Association and EUCARPIA. Among the broad spectrum of subjects addressed in these presentations are cytogenetics, biotechnology, genetic resources, breeding, agronomic practices and diseases. Also included are triticale's food, feed and forage uses, as well as its marketing processes.
In a world of increasing population and decreasing agricultural resources, triticale offers a genuine solution for increasing land utilization and grain production.