Plant breeding reviews. volume 40 /
Plant Breeding Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods. Many of the crops widely grown today stem from a very narrow genetic base; understanding and preserving crop genetic resources is vital t...
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Wiley-Blackwell,
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Publisher Address: | Hoboken, New Jersey : |
Publication Dates: | 2016. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119279723 |
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Plant Breeding Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods. Many of the crops widely grown today stem from a very narrow genetic base; understanding and preserving crop genetic resources is vital to the security of food systems worldwide. The emphasis of the series is on methodology, a fundamental understanding of crop genetics, and applications to major crops. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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9781119279723 1119279720 |
Index Number: | SB123 |
CLC: | S33 |
Contents: | James L. Brewbaker: Distinguished Geneticist, Tropical Plant Breeder, Inspiring Teacher / Ganesan Srinivasan, Jules Janick -- Breeding Leucaena: Tropical Multipurpose Leguminous Tree / James L Brewbaker -- Maize Doubled Haploids / Zhixin Liu, Yanbo Wang, Jiaojiao Ren, Mei Mei, Ursula K Frei, Benjamin Trampe, Thomas Lbberstedt -- Nitrogen and Phosphorus Use Efficiencies in Wheat: Physiology, Phenotyping, Genetics, and Breeding / Harindra S Balyan, Vijay Gahlaut, Anuj Kumar, Vandana Jaiswal, Raman Dhariwal, Sandhya Tyagi, Priyanka Agarwal, Supriya Kumari, Pushpendra K Gupta -- Interspecific Periclinal Chimeras as a Strategy for Cultivar Development / Nagib A Nassar, Nayra N Bomfim Fernandes, Danielle Y Hashimoto Freitas, Thomas M Gradziel -- Open Source Plant Breeding and the Open Source Seed Initiative / Claire H Luby, Jack R Kloppenburg, Irwin L Goldman -- Rapid Cycle Breeding: Application of Transgenic Early Flowering for Perennial Trees / Ann M Callahan, Chinnathambi Srinivasan, Chris Dardick, Ralph Scorza. |