The Biology of Crop Productivity

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
List of Contributors, Pages xi-xii
Preface, Page xiii, Peter S. Carlson
Introduction, Pages xv-xvii, Peter S. Carlson
Chapter 1 - Photosynthesis, Plant Productivity, and Crop Yield, Pages 3-51, Norman E. Good, Duncan H. Bell
Chapter 2 - Nitrogen Fixation, Pages 53-76, Winston J. Brill
Chapter 3 - Water: Adaptation of Crops to Drought-Prone Environments, Pages 77-152, Andrew D. Hanson, Charles E. Nelsen
Chapter 4 - Plant Viruses, Pages 155-201, Albert Siegel, V. Hari
Chapter 5 - Pathogenic Fungi and Crop Productivity, Pages 203-229, Albert H. Ellingboe
Chapter 6 - Vesicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhizae and Crop Productivity, Pages 231-252, Gene R. Safir
Chapter 7 - Nitrogen Metabolism and Amino Acid Biosynthesis in Crop Plants, Pages 255-296, B.J. Miflin
Chapter 8 - Translocation and Source—Sink Relationships, Pages 297-339, Ian F. Wardlaw
Chapter 9 - Molecular Biology of Higher Plants, Pages 343-382, Virginia Walbot
Chapter 10 - Mutagenesis and Crop Improvement, Pages 383-409, R.D. Brock
Chapter 11 - The Shape of Things to Come, Pages 413-459, Sylvan H. Wittwer
Subject Index, Pages 461-471