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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144544103321

Titolo

Breeding major food staples [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Manjit S. Kang and P.M. Priyadarshan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ames, Iowa, : Blackwell Pub., 2007

ISBN

1-282-11262-7

9786612112621

0-470-37644-9

0-470-37635-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (455 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KangManjit S

PriyadarshanP. M

Disciplina

631.5/2

631.52

Soggetti

Food crops - Breeding

Crop improvement

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 breeding methodologies: classic and modern / Manjit S. Kang ... [et al.] -- Genetic enhancement of polypoid crops using tools of classical cytogenetics and modern biotechnology / Prem P. Jauhar -- Biofortification: breeding micronutrient-dense crops / Wolfgang H. Pfeiffer, Bonnie McClafferty -- Bioinformatics and plant genomics for staple crops improvement / David Edwards -- Breeding spring bread wheat for irrigated and rainfed production systems of the developing world / Ravi P. Singh, Richard Trethowan -- Rice breeding for sustainable production / Sant S. Virmani, M. Ilyas-Ahmed -- Barley breeding for sustainable production / Salvatore Ceccarelli ... [et al.] -- Corn breeding in the twenty-first century / G. Richard Johnson -- Soybean breeding achievements and challenges / Silvia R. Cianzio -- Breeding potato as a major staple crop / John E. Bradshaw -- Breeding of sweetpotato / S. L. Tan, M. Nakatani, K. Komaki -- Cassava genetic improvement / Hernan Ceballos ... [et al.] -- Banana breeding / Michael Pillay, Leena Tripathi.



Sommario/riassunto

As the world's population increases the need to produce greater quantities of major staple crops such as wheat, rice, maize, potato, cassava, soybean, sweet potato, barley, and banana in order to sufficiently feed the people of the world continues to grow. Breeding Major Food Staples covers improving yields and quality of these crops through breeding and the use of molecular biology tools such as gene transfer, genome mapping, biofortification, and bioinformatics. This book will be an important reference for anyone working in crop breeding.