Brown / Caligari An Introduction to Plant Breeding

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-5770-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, E-Book

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, genetics,predictions, 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brown, Jack

Caligari, Peter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Jack Brown is Professor of Plant Breeding and Genetics,Department of Plant Soil and Entomological Sciences, University ofIdaho, USA.
Peter Caligari is Director of the Institute of PlantBiology and Biotechnology, University of Talca, Chile.