Special Issue Sugarcane Physiology: Integrating from Cell to Crop to Advance Sugarcane Production Contents
Preface Sugarcane Physiology: Integrating from cell to crop to advance sugarcane production N.G. Inman-Bamber, G.D. Bonnett, D.M. Smith and P.J. Thorburn (Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Integration of sucrose accumulation processes across hierarchical scales: towards developing an understanding of the gene-to-crop continuum P.H. Moore (USA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Genomics approaches for the identification of genes determining important traits in sugarcane R.E. Casu, J.M. Manners, G.D. Bonnett, P.A. Jackson, C.L. McIntyre, R. Dunne, S.C. Chapman, A.L. Rae and C.P.L. Grof (Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Increasing the utility of genomics in unravelling sucrose accumulation D.A. Watt, A.J. McCormick, C. Govender, D.L. Carson, M.D. Cramer, B.I. Huckett and F.C. Botha (South Africa) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sucrose accumulation in the sugarcane stem: pathways and control points for transport and compartmentation A.L. Rae, C.P.L. Grof, R.E. Casu and G.D. Bonnett (Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Growth and function of the sugarcane root system D.M. Smith, N.G. Inman-Bamber and P.J. Thorburn (Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Water relations in sugarcane and response to water deficits N.G. Inman-Bamber and D.M. Smith (Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Agronomic impact of sucker development in sugarcane under different environmental conditions N. Berding, A.P. Hurney, B. Salter and G.D. Bonnett (Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Environmental stimuli promoting sucker initiation in sugarcane G.D. Bonnett, B. Salter, N. Berding and A.P. Hurney (Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shoot and stalk dynamics and the yield of sugarcane crops in tropical and subtropical Queensland, Australia M.J. Bell and A.L. Garside (Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The effect of crop start date, crop class and cultivar on sugarcane canopy development and radiation interception A. Singels, M.A. Smit, K.A. Redshaw and R.A. Donaldson (South Africa) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flowering and lodging, physiological-based traits affecting cane and sugar yield. What do we know of their control mechanisms and how do we manage them? N. Berding and A.P. Hurney (Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Breeding for improved sugar content in sugarcane P.A. Jackson (Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Improving biomass production and partitioning in sugarcane: theory and practice A. Singels, R.A. Donaldson and M.A. Smit (South Africa) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Decline in the growth of a sugarcane crop with age under high input conditions S.E. Park, M. Robertson and N.G. Inman-Bamber (Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The historical and future contribution of crop physiology and modelling research to sugarcane production systems S.N. Lisson, N.G. Inman-Bamber, M.J. Robertson and B.A. Keating (Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Modelling nitrogen dynamics in sugarcane systems: Recent advances and applications P.J. Thorburn, E.A. Meier and M.E. Probert (Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applications of industry information in sugarcane production systems R.A. Lawes and R.J. Lawn (Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Contents of Field Crops Research, Volume 92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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