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Record Nr.

UNINA9910140577503321

Titolo

Plant breeding reviews . Volume 24, pt. 2 Long-term selection : crops, animals, and bacteria [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jules Janick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2004

ISBN

1-282-68912-6

9786612689123

0-470-65028-1

0-470-65025-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Collana

Plant breeding reviews, , 0730-2207 ; ; v. 27

Altri autori (Persone)

JanickJules

Disciplina

631.5/3/05

631.52

Soggetti

Plant breeding

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Crop domestication as a long-term selection experiment -- Long-term selection in plants in the developing world -- Trends in productivity of U.S. crops and long-term selection -- Long-term selection in a commercial hybrid maize breeding program -- Long-term divergent selection for ear length in maize -- Inferences on the genetics of quantitative traits from long-term selection in laboratory and domestic animals -- Long-term selection for pupal weight in Tribolium castaneum -- Phenotypic and genomic evolution during a 20,000-generation experiment with the bacterium Escherichia coli.

Sommario/riassunto

Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 24, Part 2 presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods. The emphasis of the series is on methodology, a practical understanding of crop genetics, and applications to major crops.