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An Introduction to Plant Breeding
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Artikel-Nr:
9781118685235
Veröffentl:
2013
Einband:
E-Book
Seiten:
224
Autor:
Jack Brown
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
Reflowable E-Book
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Plants have been successfully selectively bred for thousands of years, culminating in incredible yields, quality, resistance and so on that we see in our modern day crops and ornamental plants. In recent years the techniques used have been rapidly advanced and refined to include molecular, cell and genetic techniques. An Introduction to Plant Breeding provides comprehensive coverage of the whole area of plant breeding. Covering modes of reproduction in plants, breeding objectives and schemes, genetics, predictions, selection, alternative techniques and practical considerations. Each chapter is carefully laid out in a student friendly way and includes questions for the reader. The book is essential reading for all those studying, teaching and researching plant breeding.
Plants have been successfully selectively bred for thousands ofyears, culminating in incredible yields, quality, resistance and soon that we see in our modern day crops and ornamental plants. Inrecent years the techniques used have been rapidly advanced andrefined to include molecular, cell and genetic techniques.An Introduction to Plant Breeding provides comprehensivecoverage of the whole area of plant breeding. Covering modes ofreproduction in plants, breeding objectives and schemes, geneticspredictions, selection, alternative techniques and practicalconsiderations. Each chapter is carefully laid out in a studentfriendly way and includes questions for the reader. The book isessential reading for all those studying, teaching and researchingplant breeding.
1 Introduction..2 Modes of reproduction and types of cultivar..3 Breeding objectives..4 Breeding schemes..5 Genetics and plant breeding..6 Predictions..7 Selection.8 Alternative techniques in plant breeding..9 Some Practical considerations.Index.