Breeding Fodder Crops for Marginal Conditions. 1994. (Developments in Plant Breeding,2/ Partly reprinted from Euphytica, 76:3). 300 p. gr8vo. Hard cover.

This book contains papers and posters presented at the 18th EucarpiaFodder Crops Section Meeting held at Loen, Nordfjord, Norway in August1993. In most environments some form or marginal conditions or stressprevails. Few crops are being produced under such a wide range ofenvironmental and management stresses as fodder crops. Improvedadaptation of fodder crops to marginal conditions is crucial indeveloping sustainable, low-input agricultural systems. The book isunique in demonstrating the large diversity both in crops andenvironmental stresses that confront the forage breeders. Both generaland specific aspects of adaptation to marginal growing conditions arepresent. Ranging from problems caused by snow and ice in the Subarcticregions through Europe to the severe dought problems in theMediterranean regions. For everyone involved in studies of adaptationand breeding of perennial plants for marginal conditions or stressenvironments.