Sunflowers: Growth and Development, Environmental Influences and Pests/Diseases

339 Pages·2014·10.735 MB·English

by  Juan Ignacio Arribas

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sunflowers : growth and development, environmental influences and pests/diseases / editor: Juan
Ignacio Arribas (Electrical Engineering Department, Univ. Valladolid, Spain).
pages cm
Includes index.
ISBN: (cid:28)(cid:26)(cid:27)(cid:16)(cid:20)(cid:16)(cid:25)(cid:22)(cid:20)(cid:20)(cid:26)(cid:16)(cid:22)(cid:23)(cid:27)(cid:16)(cid:25) (eBook)
1. Sunflowers. I. Arribas, Juan Ignacio.
QK495.C74S87 2014
583'.99--dc23
2014003599

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CONTENTS

Preface vii
Chapter 1 An Introduction to the Sunflower Crop 1
Fabián Fernández-Luqueño, Fernando López-Valdez,
Mariana Miranda-Arámbula, Minerva Rosas-Morales,
Nicolaza Pariona and Roberto Espinoza-Zapata
Chapter 2 Floral Biology of Sunflowers: A Histological
and Physiological Analysis 19
Basudha Sharma, Rashmi Shakya and Satish C. Bhatla
Chapter 3 Development of Female Reproductive Structures and Apomixis
in Sunflowers 43
Olga N. Voronova
Chapter 4 Genetics and Genomics Applied to Sunflower Breeding 61
Carla Filippi, Jeremías Zubrzycki, Verónica Lía,
Ruth A. Heinz, Norma B. Paniego and H. Esteban Hopp
Chapter 5 Sunflower Genetic Resources: Interspecific Hybridization
and Cytogenetics in Prebreeding 95
Jovanka Atlagić and Sreten Terzić
Chapter 6 Functional Genomics and Transgenesis Applied to
Sunflower Breeding 131
Sebastian Moschen, Laura M. Radonic,
Guillermo F. Ehrenbolger, Paula Fernández,
Verónica Lía, Norma B. Paniego, Marisa López Bilbao,
Ruth A. Heinz and H. Esteban Hopp
Chapter 7 Disease Management in Sunflowers 165
Regina M. V. B. C. Leite
Chapter 8 Recent Advances for Developing Resistance against
Plasmopara halstedii in Sunflowers 187
Osman Radwan
vi Contents
Chapter 9 Effects of Crop Management on the Incidence and Severity
of Fungal Diseases in Sunflowers 201
P. Debaeke, E. Mestries, M. Desanlis and C. Seassau
Chapter 10 Insect Pests of Sunflowers in Africa 227
Hannalene du Plessis
Chapter 11 Soil Amendments and Their Effects on Sunflower Growth 239
Fernando López-Valdez, Fabián Fernández-Luqueño,
Perla Xóchitl Hernández-Rodríguez, Minerva Rosas-Morales
and Silvia Luna-Suárez
Chapter 12 Nutrition and Fertilization of Sunflowers in Brazilian Cerrado 257
C. de Castro, F. A. Oliveira, A. Oliveira Junior
and N. P. Ramos
Chapter 13 Environmental Issues in the Sunflower Crop of Midwestern Brazil:
Diversification and Complementarities in the Biodiesel Chain 281
N. P. Ramos, A. M. M. Pires, C. C. A. Buschinelli,
H. B. Vieira, C. de Castro and G. S. Rodrigues
Chapter 14 Micro and Macro-Morphological Variation of Cosmos bipinnatus
and Cosmos bipinnatus var. Albiflorus in Sympatric Zones in
Central Mexico 297
M. Paniagua-Ibañez, A. Zepeda-Rodríguez, P. Mussali-Galante,
R. Ramírez-Rodríguez and E. Tovar-Sánchez
Index 309
To Juan Ignacio, Jr., Elena, Jr. and Elena