Screen LibraryPlant breeding reviews. Volume 39 /
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, NJ : |
| Publication Dates: | 2015. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Plant Breeding Reviews
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119107743 |
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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. It is a serial title that appears in the form of one or two volumes per year. |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (478 pages). |
| ISBN: |
9781119107743 1119107741 9781119107729 1119107725 9781119107712 1119107717 |
| Index Number: | SB123 |
| CLC: | S33 |
| Contents: | Charles W. Stuber: Maize Geneticist and Pioneer of Marker-Assisted Selection -- Plant Mutation Breeding: Current Progress and Future Assessment -- Recent Advances in Sorghum Biofortification Research -- Breeding Tropical Vegetable Corns --Maize breeding in the United States -- The history, development, and importance of the New Mexican pod-type chile pepper to the United States and world food industry -- Fruit domestication in the Near East -- The Geneva apple rootstock breeding program. |