Managing and Breeding Wheat for Organic Systems Enhancing Competitiveness Against Weeds

Genetically uniform cultivars in many self-pollinated cereal crops dominate commercial production in high-input environments especially due to their high grain yields and wide geographical adaptation. These cultivars generally perform well under favorable and high-input farming systems but their opt...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Asif, Muhammad, Iqbal, Muhammad (Author), Randhawa, Harpinder (Author), Spaner, Dean (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
Series:SpringerBriefs in Agriculture
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
LEADER 02995nmm a2200361 u 4500
001 EB000736931
003 EBX01000000000000000588363
005 00000000000000.0
007 cr|||||||||||||||||||||
008 140407 ||| eng
020 |a 9783319050027 
100 1 |a Asif, Muhammad 
245 0 0 |a Managing and Breeding Wheat for Organic Systems  |h Elektronische Ressource  |b Enhancing Competitiveness Against Weeds  |c by Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Iqbal, Harpinder Randhawa, Dean Spaner 
250 |a 1st ed. 2014 
260 |a Cham  |b Springer International Publishing  |c 2014, 2014 
300 |a IX, 76 p. 12 illus., 4 illus. in color  |b online resource 
505 0 |a Wheat: The Miracle Cereal -- Crop Competitiveness -- Strategies to enhance competitive ability -- Breeding wheat for organic agriculture -- Future Perspectives 
653 |a Plant science 
653 |a Botany 
653 |a Plant breeding 
653 |a Plant Physiology 
653 |a Plant physiology 
653 |a Plant Breeding/Biotechnology 
653 |a Plant Sciences 
700 1 |a Iqbal, Muhammad  |e [author] 
700 1 |a Randhawa, Harpinder  |e [author] 
700 1 |a Spaner, Dean  |e [author] 
041 0 7 |a eng  |2 ISO 639-2 
989 |b Springer  |a Springer eBooks 2005- 
490 0 |a SpringerBriefs in Agriculture 
856 4 0 |u https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05002-7?nosfx=y  |x Verlag  |3 Volltext 
082 0 |a 580 
520 |a Genetically uniform cultivars in many self-pollinated cereal crops dominate commercial production in high-input environments especially due to their high grain yields and wide geographical adaptation. These cultivars generally perform well under favorable and high-input farming systems but their optimal performance cannot be achieved on marginal/organic lands or without the use of external chemical inputs (fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides). Cereal breeding programs aim at evaluating candidate lines/cultivars for agronomic, disease and quality traits in a weed free environment that makes it impossible to identify traits conferring competitive ability against weeds. Moreover, quantification of competitive ability is a complex phenomenon which is affected by range of growth traits. Above (e.g. light) and below (e.g. water and nutrients) ground resources also influence competitiveness to a greater extent. Competitiveness is quantitatively inherited trait which is heavily influenced by many factors including genotype, management, environment and their interaction. Sound plant breeding techniques and good experimental designs are prerequisites for maximizing genetic gains to breed cultivars for organically managed lands. The brief is focused on breeding wheat for enhanced competitive ability along with other agronomic, genetic and molecular studies that have been undertaken to improve weed suppression, disease resistance and quality in organically managed lands. The examples from other cereals have also been highlighted to compare wheat with other cereal crops