1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910140572603321

Autore

Janick Jules

Titolo

Plant breeding reviews . Volume 17 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jules Janick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000

ISBN

1-282-68899-5

9786612688997

0-470-65013-3

0-470-65012-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (348 p.)

Collana

Plant breeding reviews, , 0730-2207

Altri autori (Persone)

JanickJules <1931->

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

PLANT BREEDING REVIEWS, Volume 17; Contents; Contributors; 1: Dedication: Longping Yuan Rice Breeder and World Hunger Fighter; 2: Hybrid Rice: Genetics, Breeding, and Seed Production; I. INTRODUCTION; II. HETEROSIS IN RICE; III. MALE STERILITY IN RICE; IV. BREEDING FOR THREE-LINE SYSTEM HYBRID RICE; V. BREEDING FOR TWO-LINE SYSTEM HYBRID RICE; VI. WIDE COMPATIBILITY AND UTILIZATION OF INTERSUBSPECIFIC HETEROSIS; VII. HYBRID RICE SEED PRODUCTION; VIII. FUTURE PROSPECTS; LITERATURE CITED; 3: Rose: Genetics and Breeding; I. INTRODUCTION; II. SYSTEMATICS; III. CYTOGENETICS AND GENETICS OF ROSA

IV. BREEDING OBJECTIVESV. BREEDING CRITERIA AND SELECTION PROCEDURES; VI. BREEDING TECHNOLOGY; VII. CONCLUSION; LITERATURE CITED; 4: White Clover Molecular Genetics; I. INTRODUCTION; II. TRANSGENIC APPROACHES TO WHITE CLOVER IMPROVEMENT; III. MARKER ASSISTED SELECTION; IV. CONCLUSIONS; LITERATURE CITED; 5: The Rise and Fall of Overdominance; I. INTRODUCTION; II. EARLY HISTORY; III. ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATIONS OF HETEROSIS; IV. WHY ARE HYBRIDS SO GOOD?; V. PHYSIOLOGICAL



AND MOLECULAR STUDIES; VI. IS THE HYBRID BREEDING METHOD BEST?; VII. CONCLUSIONS; LITERATURE CITED

6: An Informal History of StatisticsI. INTRODUCTION; II. STATISTICS-1 AND POLITICAL ARITHMETIC; III. PROBABILITY; IV. ERROR THEORY AND THE CENTRAL LIMIT; V. TWENTIETH-CENTURY DEVELOPMENTS; VI. CONCLUSIONS; VII. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES; LITERATURE CITED; Subject Index; Cumulative Subject Index; Cumulative Contributor Index

Sommario/riassunto

Dedication: Longping Yuan: Rice Breeder and World Hunger Fighter (J. Li & Y. Xin). Hybrid Rice: Genetics, Breeding, and Seed Production (J. Li & L. Yuan). Rose: Genetics and Breeding (S. Gudin). White Clover Molecular Genetics (D. White, et al.). The Rise and Fall of Overdominance (J. Crow). An Informal History of Statistics (N. Simmonds). Indexes.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910557485903321

Autore

Pedro Ferrio Juan

Titolo

The Green Side of the Water Cycle: New Advances in the Study of Plant Water Dynamics

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frontiers Media SA, 2020

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (105 p.)

Soggetti

Science: general issues

Botany & plant sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

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