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Gene Manipulation in Plant Improvement pp 121–146Cite as

Physiological Aspects of Varietal Improvement

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Increased crop production derives from both agronomic and varietal improvement, and from their continuing interactions. For example, cheaper nitrogen fertilizers created a need for shorter cereals less prone to lodging but more dependent on herbicidal control of weeds. In turn the denser crops possible with greater fertilizer use open up new opportunities and criteria for selection, such as tolerance of closer spacing and, possibly, smaller, more upright leaves with faster photosynthesis per unit area. Varietal improvement, therefore, both creates and responds to agronomic change.

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