Wheat : Prospects for Global Improvement : Proceedings of the 5th International Wheat Conference, 10-14 June, 1996, Ankara, Turkey

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. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Agricultural development and wheat breeding in the 20th Century....Pages 1-10 Wheat research in Turkey....Pages 11-16 Strategies for improving wheat grain yield....Pages 17-21 Yield and stability factors associated with hybrid wheat....Pages 23-27 Breeding intensive winter bread wheat varieties for Southern Ukraine....Pages 29-36 Traditional and novel wheat breeding methods used in Hungary....Pages 37-45 Progress of wheat breeding research in China....Pages 47-53 Wheat breeding strategies and cultivation technologies in Siberia....Pages 55-59 Breeding for yield and quality in durum wheat....Pages 61-64 Durum wheat breeding at the Cereal Research Institute, Szeged, Hungary....Pages 65-70 Breeding wheat for resistance to biotic stresses....Pages 71-86 Breeding wheat for resistance to fusarium head blight in Romania....Pages 87-92 Comparison of two crossing and four selection schemes for yield, yield traits, and slow rusting resistance to leaf rust in wheat....Pages 93-101 Bunts and smuts of wheat in North Africa and the Near East....Pages 103-108 Seedling and adult plant resistance to yellow rust in Iranian bread wheats....Pages 109-112 Breeding wheat for resistance to Heterodera avenae in Southeastern Australia....Pages 113-120 Sunn pest problems in Central Anatolia and the role of wheat varieties in integrated control....Pages 121-125 Russian wheat aphid in Konya province....Pages 127-134 Improving wheat grain filling under stress by stem reserve mobilisation....Pages 135-141 Evaluating physiological traits to complement empirical selection for wheat in warm environments....Pages 143-152 A concept of selection for ‘low input’ wheat varieties....Pages 153-158 System analysis of frost resistance in winter wheat and its use in breeding....Pages 159-166 Plant traits related to yield of wheat in early, late, or continuous drought conditions....Pages 167-179 Breeding wheat for lodging resistance, earliness and tolerance to abiotic stresses....Pages 181-188 Studies on differential response of wheat cultivars to boron toxicity....Pages 189-195 Method for screening bread wheat for tolerance to boron....Pages 197-201 Wheat breeding for end-product use....Pages 203-211 Effect of heat shock during grain filling on protein composition and technological quality of wheats....Pages 213-220 Wheat quality requirements of Asian foods....Pages 221-222 Baking quality of hard winter wheat: Response of cultivars to environment in the Great Plains....Pages 223-228 Breeding durum wheat for pasta quality in Canada....Pages 229-236 Classification of wheat grains by digital image analysis using statistical filters....Pages 237-244 Breeding for breadmaking quality using old Hungarian wheat varieties....Pages 245-248 Grain yield and quality: does there have to be a trade-off?....Pages 249-254 Cytoplasmic effects on quality traits of bread wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.)....Pages 255-262 Variation in endosperm protein composition and technological quality properties in durum wheat....Pages 263-271 Golden calves or white elephants? Biotechnologies for wheat improvement....Pages 273-283 Molecular wheat breeding by direct gene transfer....Pages 285-289 Simulations and practical problems of applying multiple marker assisted selection and doubled haploids to wheat breeding programs....Pages 291-296 Identification of a new family of tandem repeats in Triticeae genomes....Pages 297-303 Biotechnological and cytogenetic aspects of producing new wheat genotypes using hybrids....Pages 305-310 Comparative genetic mapping of loci affecting plant height and development in cereals....Pages 311-314 Relationship between anther culture response and aluminium tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)....Pages 315-318 Production of polyhaploids of hexaploid wheat using stored pearl millet pollen....Pages 319-325 Genetic segregation and the detection of spontaneous wheat-alien translocations....Pages 327-333 Characterisation of powdery mildew resistant lines derived from crosses between Triticum aestivum and Aegilops speltoides and Ae. mutica ....Pages 335-338 Bread wheat: F 1 hybrid performance and parental diversity estimates using molecular markers....Pages 339-345 Screening for zinc efficiency among wheat relatives and their utilisation for alien gene transfer....Pages 347-352 Direct and indirect selection for drought tolerance in alien tetraploid wheat x durum wheat crosses....Pages 353-360 Impact of plant genetic resources on wheat breeding....Pages 361-369 Analysis of genetic profiles of winter wheats from Russia....Pages 371-377 Integrating research on genetic resources with the international wheat information system....Pages 379-383 Conservation, research, utilisation and international exchange of wheat germplasm in China....Pages 385-389 The use of wheat-alien and Aegilops -rye amphiploids for introgression of genetic material to wheat....Pages 391-399 Importance of wheat-rye translocations for breeding modern cultivars of Triticum aestivum L.....Pages 401-418 The physiological life cycle of wheat: Its use in breeding and crop management....Pages 419-425 Morphological and physiological differences in the response of cereals to zinc deficiency....Pages 427-435 Effect of nitrate nutrition on nitrate compartmentation, nitrate reductase activity and productivity in spring wheat....Pages 437-443 Recent attempts to evaluate and apply wheat simulation models, and to simplify the storage and exchange of experimental data....Pages 445-454 Reduced and zero-tillage options for establishment of wheat after rice in South Asia....Pages 455-465 Response of bread and durum wheat varieties to supplemental irrigation, nitrogen application and planting date....Pages 467-479 Continuous spring wheat grown under semi-arid conditions of Northern Kazakhstan....Pages 481-484 Wheat yield response to fertilisation: An investigation of a functional form....Pages 485-490 Genetic systems regulating flowering response in wheat....Pages 491-501 Genetic resources of wheat related species: The Vrn genes controlling growth habit (spring vs . winter)....Pages 503-508 Photoperiod and vernalisation response of Mediterranean wheats, and implications for adaptation....Pages 509-516 The influence of photoperiod genes on the adaptability of European winter wheats....Pages 517-526 Selecting winter/facultative wheat genotypes from spring x spring crosses....Pages 527-532 International collaboration in cereal breeding....Pages 533-537 Wheat: India and international collaboration....Pages 539-545 Breeding strategies and recent progress of the China/CIMMYT wheat shuttle breeding program....Pages 547-551 Breeding priorities of winter wheat programs....Pages 553-560 Network for integrated research to improve durum wheat productivity in the Mediterranean region....Pages 561-570 Concluding remarks at the closing session....Pages 571-572 Back Matter....Pages 573-582 Proceedings of the 5th International Wheat Conference, 10-14 June 1996, Ankara, Turkey