Table of contents : Preface......Page 9 Contents......Page 13 Contributors......Page 17 Physiology of Yield and Adaptation in Wheat and Barley Breeding......Page 21 Genetic Yield Improvement and Stress Tolerance in Maize......Page 71 Physiological Basis of Yield and Environmental Adaptation in Rice......Page 103 Sorghum Physiology......Page 161 Pearl Millet......Page 245 Comparative Ecophysiology of Cowpea, Common Bean, and Peanut......Page 291 The Physiological Basis of Soybean Yield Potential and Environmental Adaptation......Page 347 Physiological Basis of Yield and Environmental Adaptation in Cotton......Page 383 Genome Mapping and Genomic Strategies for Crop Improvement......Page 423 Marker-Assisted Utilization of Exotic Germ Plasm......Page 473 Heterosis of Yield: Molecular and Biochemical Perspectives......Page 489 Genetic Engineering for Enhancing Plant Productivity and Stress Tolerance......Page 509 Genome Mapping and Marker-Assisted Selection for Improving Cotton (Gossypium spp.) Productivity and Quality in Arid Regions......Page 523 Molecular Dissection of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Sorghum and Rice......Page 545 Genetic Dissection of Drought Tolerance in Maize: A Case Study......Page 591 Physiology and Biotechnology Integration for Plant Breeding: Epilogue......Page 631 Index......Page 639