Contributors......Page 9
Preface......Page 13
Foreword......Page 15
Congress Sponsors......Page 17
1 Food Security? We Are Losing Ground Fast!......Page 19
2 The Future of World, National and Household Food Security......Page 33
3 Crop Science Research To Assure Food Security......Page 51
4 Modifying the Composition of Plant Foods for Better Human Health......Page 71
5 Facing the Growing Needs of Mankind โ Grasslands and Rangelands......Page 83
6 Abiotic Stresses, Plant Reactions and New Approaches Towards Understanding Stress Tolerance......Page 99
7 Plant Stress Factors: Their Impact on Productivity of Cropping Systems......Page 119
8 Optimizing Water Use......Page 137
9 Abiotic Stresses and Staple Crops......Page 155
10 Biotic Stresses in Crops......Page 173
11 Management of Complex Interactions for Growth Resources and of Biotic Stresses in Agroforestry......Page 193
12 Optimizing Crop Diversification......Page 209
13 Biodiversity of Agroecosystems: Past, Present and Uncertain Future......Page 231
14 Conservation and Utilization of Biodiversity in the Andean Ecoregion......Page 249
15 The Role of Landscape Heterogeneity in the Sustainability of Cropping Systems......Page 261
16 Cropping Systems for the Future......Page 279
17 Will Yield Barriers Limit Future Rice Production?......Page 299
18 New Crops for the 21st Century......Page 325
19 Plant Biotechnology: Methods, Goals and Achievements......Page 347
20 Transgenic Plants for Sustainable Crop Production......Page 369
21 Crop Science: Scientific and Ethical Challenges to Meet Human Needs1......Page 387
22 Declaration of Hamburg......Page 399
Index......Page 403