Wheat: Prospects for Global Improvement

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Opening session

   1. Agricultural development and wheat breeding in the 20th Century

      • W. E. Kronstad

      Pages 1-10

   2. Wheat research in Turkey

      • N. Zencirci, E. Kinaci, A. Atli, M. Kalayci, M. Avci

      Pages 11-16

3. Breeding for improved grain yield

   1. Strategies for improving wheat grain yield

      • R. G. Sears

      Pages 17-21

   2. Yield and stability factors associated with hybrid wheat

      • R. Bruns, C. J. Peterson

      Pages 23-27

   3. Breeding intensive winter bread wheat varieties for Southern Ukraine

      • N. A. Litvinenko

      Pages 29-36

   4. Traditional and novel wheat breeding methods used in Hungary

      • Z. Kertész, J. Matuz, J. Pauk, Á. Mesterházy, M. Papp, L. Cseuz et al.

      Pages 37-45

   5. Progress of wheat breeding research in China

      • Z. H. He, Z. H. Du, Q. S. Zhuang

      Pages 47-53

   6. Wheat breeding strategies and cultivation technologies in Siberia

      • G. P. Gamzikov

      Pages 55-59

   7. Breeding for yield and quality in durum wheat

      • S. R. Verma, M. Yunus, S. K. Sethi

      Pages 61-64

   8. Durum wheat breeding at the Cereal Research Institute, Szeged, Hungary

      • B. Beke, J. Matuz

      Pages 65-70

4. Breeding for resistance to biotic stresses

   1. Breeding wheat for resistance to biotic stresses

      • R. A. McIntosh

      Pages 71-86

   2. Breeding wheat for resistance to fusarium head blight in Romania

      • M. Ittu, N. N. Sãulescu, G. Ittu

      Pages 87-92

   3. Comparison of two crossing and four selection schemes for yield, yield traits, and slow rusting resistance to leaf rust in wheat

      • R. P. Singh, S. Rajaram, A. Miranda, J. Huerta-Espino, E. Autrique

      Pages 93-101

   4. Bunts and smuts of wheat in North Africa and the Near East

      • O. F. Mamluk

      Pages 103-108

   5. Seedling and adult plant resistance to yellow rust in Iranian bread wheats

      • M. Torabi, K. Nazari

      Pages 109-112

   6. Breeding wheat for resistance to Heterodera avenae in Southeastern Australia

      • A. J. Rathjen, R. F. Eastwood, J. G. Lewis, A. J. Dube

      Pages 113-120

   7. Sunn pest problems in Central Anatolia and the role of wheat varieties in integrated control

      • E. Kinaci, G. Kinaci, A. F. Yildirim, A. Atli

      Pages 121-125

   8. Russian wheat aphid in Konya province

      • M. Elmali

      Pages 127-134

5. Breeding for tolerance to abiotic stresses

   1. Improving wheat grain filling under stress by stem reserve mobilisation

      • A. Blum

      Pages 135-141

The book contains the proceedings of the Fifth International Wheat Conference at which leading international scientists reviewed current research issues and developments in wheat improvement. The debated topics cover breeding and genetics, genetic resources and importance of free germplasm exchange, breeding for biotic and abiotic stresses, physiology, agronomy and mineral nutrition, grain quality and biotechnology. A significant number of presentations were made by participants from the former USSR and Eastern and Central Europe, making this book also a prime reference for current wheat research and production status in these countries.
This book provides an opportunity for wheat scientists interested in global wheat improvement issues to obtain an insight into the research that is currently being conducted worldwide and the prospects of further improvement to meet the increasing demands for this food commodity.

• biotechnology
• mineral nutrition
• nitrogen
• physiology
• wheat

• CIMMYT, Ankara, Turkey

  H.-J. Braun

• Gecit Kusagi Tarimsal Arastirma Enstitusu, Eskisehir, Turkey

  F. Altay

• Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA

  W. E. Kronstad

• ICARDA Highlands Program, Ankara, Turkey

  S. P. S. Beniwal

• CIMMYT, Mexico D.F., Mexico

  A. McNab

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