Tropical Agronomy

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Chapter 1 Context Resource Flows and Currencies
Solar radiation
The solar spectrum and plant processes
The fate of radiation in crop systems
Water
The hydrological cycle
Soil water energy
Plant water energy
Evaporation
The fate of water in crop systems
Conclusions
Part 11: Essential Choices: Genotype, Timing, Configuration
Genotype (what?)
Evolution and genetic manipulation
Characteristics of the main crop types
Genetic modification within species
Conclusions
Timing (when?)
Characteristics of timing in crops
Development and resource capture
Environmental control of timing
Regulation of timing by management and choice of    cultivar
Conclusions
Configuration (how?)
Plant populations
Mixed cropping
Calculating the performance of intercrops
Conclusions
Part 111: Integration
Manipulating fluxes
A simple frame of reference
Empirical input-yield responses
Understanding the input-yield response
Scale and integration: extending the principles
Synthesis
Some major developments in agricultural research
Assessing the potential of underutilised crops – a case    study of bambara groundnut
The status and contribution of agronomy

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