Barley [electronic resource] : production, improvement, and uses / edited by Steven E. Ullrich.
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Full Text (via Wiley) |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ames, Iowa :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2011.
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| Series: | World agriculture series.
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| Abstract: | Barley is one of the world's oldest and most domesticated crops. Grown globally, barley is a key crop in world agriculture with end uses that range form animal feed, malting and brewing, to a source of vital nutrients in the human diet. This book consists of eighteen chapters ranging from the basic physiology and genetics of the barley plant to global methods of crop improvement via breeding and production, including management of biotic and abiotic stresses. The final chapters look at the various uses of barley around the world. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 637 pages, 19 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470958636 0470958634 9780470958612 0470958618 1282889214 9781282889217 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |