Genetic Aspects of Plant Mineral Nutrition The Fourth International
The adaptation of desirable agricultural plants to infertile and problem soils is an increasingly important trategy for improving food supplies in many parts of the world. The plant breeding approach complements, and in some cases may replace agronomic pr
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Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences VOLUME 50
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
Genetic Aspects of Plant Mineral Nutrition The Fourth International Symposium on Genetic Aspects of Plant Mineral Nutrition, 30 September - 4 October 1991, Canberra, Australia Edited by P. J. RANDALL E.DELHAIZE R. A. RICHARDS R.MUNNS Division of Plant Industry Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Canberra, Australia
Contributions with an asterisk in the table of contents were first published in Plant and Soil, Volume 146 (1992)
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data International Symposium on Genetic Aspects of Plant Mineral Nutr1t1on (4th: 1991: Canberra, A.C.T.) Genet1c aspects of plant mineral nutrition I the Fourth International Symposium on Genetic Aspects of Plant M1neral Nutr1tion, Canberra, Australia, 30 September - 4 October 1991 ed1ted by P.J. Randall ... [et al.]. p. cm. -- (Developments in plant and soi 1 sc1ences ; v. 50) ISBN 0-7923-2118-9 (acid free paper) 1. Plants--Nutrit1on--Genetic aspects--Congresses. 2. Plants, Effect of minerals on--Congresses. 3. Crops--Nutrition--Genetic aspects--Congresses. 4. Crops--Effect of m1nerals on--Congresses. 1. Randall, P. J. (Peter J.) II. T1tle. III. Ser1es. OK867.1424 1991 581.1'335--dc20 92-43811
ISBN 978-94-010-4721-0 ISBN 978-94-011-1650-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-1650-3
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Contents
'Organizing Committee and financial support
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Preface
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J. A. Fisher and B. J. Scott, Are we justified in breeding wheat for tolerance to acid soils in southern New South Wales?
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M. Wheeler, D. C. Edmeades, R. A. Christie and R. Gardner, Comparison of techniques for determining the effect of aluminium on the growth of, and the inheritance of aluminium tolerance in wheat
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R. N. Oram, R. A. Culvenor and A. M. Ridley, Breeding the perennial pasture grass Phalaris aquatica for acid soils
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* D. M. Wheeler, D. C. Edmeades, D. R. Smith and M. E. Wedderburn, Screening perennial rye-grass from New Zealand for aluminium tolerance
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M. Rao, W. M. Roca, M. A. Ayarza, E. Tabares and R. Garcia, Somaclonal variation in plant adaptation to acid soil in the tropical forage legume Stylosanthes guianensis
* P. W. G. Sale, D. I. Couper, P. L. Cachia and P. J. Larkin, Tolerance to manganese toxicity among cultivars oflucerne (Medicago sativa L.)
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* J. R. Crush and J. R. Caradus, Response to soil aluminium oftwo white clover (Trifolium repens L.) genotypes
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J. Horst, C. CurrIe
