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Food Security in Nutrient-Stressed Environments: Exploiting Plants' Genetic Capabilities, Summary and Recommendations of an International Workshop 27-30 Sep 1999

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Title Food Security in Nutrient-Stressed Environments: Exploiting Plants' Genetic Capabilities, Summary and Recommendations of an International Workshop 27-30 Sep 1999
 
Creator Adu-Gyamfi, J J
 
Subject Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description Attended by 50 international participants, this workshop marked the culmination of Phase III of a
15-year Special Project at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
(ICRISAT) funded by the Government of Japan Entitled "Sustainable cultivation of upland crops in
the semi-arid tropics", the Project was executed in collaboration between ICRISAT and Japan
International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS). The workshop objectives were
to: Explore the scope for genetic manipulation of the ability of crop plants to access and use
nutrients, prioritize candidate mechanisms of enhancing nutrient uptake and use in terms of
their suitability for genetic manipulation, examine appropriate methodologies for genetic
enhancement of crop plants' ability to absorb nutrients and use them efficiently, and suggest
how genetic options can best be combined with management options to improve nutrient
uptake and use. Over 30 papers were presented in sessions on: sustainability of breeding for
low-nutrient environments, candidate mechanisms, methodologies, and combining genetic
improvement with natural resource management. Extended abstracts of all papers are included,
together with an introductory review that includes colored photographs of Project Highlights.
Session interpretive summaries, and recommendations for future research needs, priorities and
strategies are provided.
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Date 1999
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/1055/1/RA_000328.pdf
Adu-Gyamfi, J J (1999) Food Security in Nutrient-Stressed Environments: Exploiting Plants' Genetic Capabilities, Summary and Recommendations of an International Workshop 27-30 Sep 1999. Manual. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India.