Back to School Savings: Save up to 30% on print books and eBooks. No promo code needed.
Back to School Savings: Save up to 30%
Advances in Botanical Research
Rapeseed Breeding
1st Edition - June 7, 2007
Editor: Surinder Kumar Gupta
Hardback ISBN:9780123740984
9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 7 4 0 9 8 - 4
eBook ISBN:9780080548289
9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 4 8 2 8 - 9
Rapeseed is an important oilseed crop belonging to Crucifereae family and grown in subtropical to temperate climate. Recent discoveries have caused the scientific community to… Read more
Purchase Options
Save 50% on book bundles
Immediately download your ebook while waiting for your print delivery. No promo code is needed.
Rapeseed is an important oilseed crop belonging to Crucifereae family and grown in subtropical to temperate climate. Recent discoveries have caused the scientific community to respond positively by directing a greater amount of research towards increasing production and improving the quality of rapeseed oil. Today, the annual worldwide production is approximately 7.5 million tons on 4 million acres. Canola ranks 5th in the production of world's oilseed crops following soybean, sunflower, groundnut and cottonseed. Rapeseed Breeding fully explains the miraculous discoveries about the genetic material which have contributed to the growth of this important crop. With contributions from world-renowned researchers from North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, this book provides the first scientific reference for scientists interested in the further exploitation of this important crop.
* Presents history, origin and evolution, breeding methods, practical applications of DNA markers, fingerprinting of cultivars, and conservation of rapeseed germplasm * Includes detail of different breeding purposes including breeding for improved oil and meal quality, breeding for winter hardiness, breeding for herbicides, and breeding for hybrid rape. * Provides analysis of ecology, usage, degeneration and application
Researchers, seed and extension scientists, rapeseed and soybean breeders, students, plant biotechnology engineers
1. History, Origin and Evolution S.K. Gupta and Aditya Pratap
2. Breeding Methods B. Rai, S.K. Gupta and Aditya Pratap