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An Introduction to Plant Breeding
An Introduction to Plant Breeding
Author: Jack Brown, Peter Caligari
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 Plan...  more » 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.
ISBN-13: 9781405133449
ISBN-10: 1405133449
Publication Date: 2/15/2008
Pages: 224
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Book Type: Paperback
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