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Crop Breeding: A Contemporary Basis

  • 1st Edition - November 1, 1983
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: P. B. Vose, S. G. Blixt
  • Language: English

The aim of this book is to gather together, in an integrated manner, information on the physiology and technology of contemporary plant breeding. The approach is multidisciplinary,… Read more

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The aim of this book is to gather together, in an integrated manner, information on the physiology and technology of contemporary plant breeding. The approach is multidisciplinary, with special emphasis being placed on the application of theoretical knowledge to the solution of practical problems concerned with the improvement of crop yield through the breeding of plants better suited to their environment. The role of modern techniques, such as tissue culture and induced mutation are discussed in detail

Readership

For plant breeders

Table of contents

(partial) New parameters and selection criteria in plant breeding, S.K. Sinha & M.S. Swaminathan

Strategy of breeding for disease resistance, R.R. Nelson

Search for useful physiological and biochemical traits in maize, J.H. Sherrard et al.

Effects of genetic factors on nutritional requirements of plants, P.B. Vose

Breeding and selection for resistance to low temperature, C. Stushnoff et al.

Screening and selection techniques for improving drought resistance, J.M. Clarke & T.F. Townley-Smith

Photosynthesis and assimilated partitioning in relation to plant breeding, P. Apel

Potential for enhancing biological nitrogen fixation, J.M. Vincent

Role of induced mutations, C.F. Konzak

Application of computers to gene banks and breeding programmes, S. Blixt

Plant tissue culture: rapid propagation, induced mutations and the potential role of protoplast techniques, M. Cailloux

Production and application of haploid plants, W.R. Sharp et al.

Breeding towards an ideotype - aiming at a moving target?, S. Blixt & P.B. Vose

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 1, 1983
  • Language: English

About the editors

PV

P. B. Vose

Affiliations and expertise
Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, Brazil

SB

S. G. Blixt

Affiliations and expertise
Weibullsholm Plant Breeding Institute, Sweden

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