1st Edition

World Soybean Research Conference III Proceedings

By Richard Shibles Copyright 1986
1282 Pages
by CRC Press

1282 Pages
by CRC Press

This volume consists of full length manuscripts of 159 of the 165 invited papers presented at World Soybean Research Conference III that was held in the Scheman Continuing Education Building at Iowa State University August 12-17, 1984. The authors, widely recognized as world authorities in their fields, represent all aspects of soybean research activity: breeding and genetics, crop and soil... Read more

ECONOMICS: Plenary Paper, Supply and Demand Prospects, Government Policy Impacts, Microeconomics of Production and Marketing, Emerging Issues in Processing, Marketing and Distribution, UTILIZATION: Plenary paper, Protein Chemistry, Utilization of Soybean Protein, Utilization of Soybean Products in Animal Feeds, Soybean Oil Utilization, BREEDING AND GENETICS: Plenary Paper, Molecular Biology, Gennplasm and Breeding Methodology, Quality and Utilization, Nematode and Insect Resistance, Disease and Insect Resistance, Physiological Traits, PATHOLOGY: Diseases of Seeds, Nematology, Fungus Diseases, ENTOMOLOGY: Plenary Paper, Plant Damage Syndromes, Yield Losses, and Economic Decision Indices, Damage Simulations as an Approach to Understanding Economic Losses to Insects, Sampling, Ecology, and Insect Population Dynamics, Insect Management Strategies, PHYSIOLOGY: Plenary Paper, Partition and Transport of Assimilates, Carbon Assimilation, Developmental Aspects of Growth and Productivity, RHIZOBIU, WEED SCIENCE: Herbicide Technology, Weed Biology and Ecology, DIMENSIONS OF WORLD PRODUCTION, UTILIZATION, AND RESEARCH: Plenary Paper, World Soil Erosion: Problems and Solutions, Seed Programs in the Tropics, Regional Production and Utilization, International Programs and Networks, Continuing Committee for World Soybean Research Conference-IV.

Biography

Richard Shibles is a professor and crop physiologist in the Department of Agronomy at Iowa State University, Ames.