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Wheat Growth and Modelling

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  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. W. Day

    1. Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, UK

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  2. R. K. Atkin

    1. Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol, UK

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series A: (NSSA, volume 86)

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Table of contents (34 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Wheat Growth and Modelling: An Introduction

    1. Wheat Growth and Modelling: An Introduction

      • W. Day
      Pages 1-5

  3. Plant Development and Consequences for Growth

    1. Significant Stages of Ear Development in Winter Wheat

      • E. J. M. Kirby
      Pages 7-24

    2. About the Leaf-Daylength Model under French Conditions

      • R. Delécolle, F. Couvreur, P. Pluchard, C. Varlet-Grancher
      Pages 25-31

    3. Competition Among Tillers in Winter Wheat: Consequences for Growth and Development of the Crop

      • J. Masle
      Pages 33-54

    4. A Study of the Relations between Growth, Development and Tiller Survival in Winter Wheat

      • D. W. Wood, G. N. Thorne
      Pages 55-58

    5. Production and Survival of Wheat Tillers in Relation to Plant Growth and Development

      • S. K. Roy, J. N. Gallagher
      Pages 59-67

    6. Approaches to Modelling Canopy Development in Wheat

      • J. R. Porter
      Pages 69-81

    7. Developmental Relationships Among Roots, Leaves and Tillers in Winter Wheat

      • R. W. Rickman, B. Klepper, R. K. Belford
      Pages 83-98

    8. Measurement of the Growth of Wheat Roots Using a TV Camera System in the Field

      • R. K. Belford, F. K. G. Henderson
      Pages 99-105

    9. Photosynthesis, CO2 and Plant Production

      • J. Goudriaan, H. H. van Laar, H. van Keulen, W. Louwerse
      Pages 107-122

    10. Respiratory Metabolism in Wheat

      • H. Lambers
      Pages 123-127

    11. Grain Growth of Wheat and its Limitation by Carbohydrate and Nitrogen Supply

      • J. H. J. Spiertz, J. Vos
      Pages 129-141

    12. Aspects of Modelling Post-Floral Growth of Wheat and Calculations of the Effects of Temperature and Radiation

      • J. Vos
      Pages 143-148

    13. Relationships between Photosynthesis, Transpiration and Nitrogen in the Flag and Penultimate Leaves of Wheat

      • L. A. Hunt
      Pages 149-156

    14. Modelling the Effects on Grain Yield of Genetic Variation in Some Crop Characteristics

      • R. B. Austin
      Pages 157-164

    15. A Description of Partitioning in Plants

      • M. R. Thorpe, Alexander Lang
      Pages 165-177

    16. Assimilate Partitioning and Utilization During Vegetative Growth

      • G. K. Hansen, H. Svendsen
      Pages 179-184

  4. Environmental Responses of Plants and Crops

    1. Roots and Water Economy of Wheat

      • J. B. Passioura
      Pages 185-198

    2. Waterlogging as a Limitation to Wheat Yield in an Irrigated Clay Soil

      • W. S. Meyer, H. D. Barrs, N. S. Jayawardane
      Pages 199-204
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About this book

The concept of using mathematical models to investigate crop growth and productivity has attracted much attention in recent years. A major reason is that modelling can allow an expert in one area to assess the impact of his ideas in the light of other advances in our understanding of crop performance. Whether or not many of the claims made for or the demands made of models can ever be satisfied, this role as a focus for quantitative definition of crop growth is an important one. One consequence is that the development and appraisal of such models requires the efforts of scientists from a wide range of disciplines. This NATO Advanced Research workshop was designed to bring together such a range of scientists to consider the wheat crop, and assess our understanding of the crop and our ability to model its growth and yield. The ideas and organization behind the workshop involved many people. The U. K. interest in a computer model of wheat growth was instigated by Dr. Joe Landsberg (then of Long Ashton Research Station, but now Director of CSIRO Division of Forest Research), who in 1979 started a modelling exercise as part of a collaborative study of the causes of yield variation in winter wheat, involving four research institutes supported by the Agricultural and Food Research Council. Dr.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, UK

    W. Day

  • Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol, UK

    R. K. Atkin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Wheat Growth and Modelling

  • Editors: W. Day, R. K. Atkin

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series A:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3665-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1985

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-41933-1Published: 01 May 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-3667-7Published: 27 September 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-3665-3Published: 07 October 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 408

  • Topics: Plant Sciences

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