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Record Nr.

UNINA9910688358703321

Autore

El-Esawi Mohamed Ahmed

Titolo

Maize Genetic Resources : Breeding Strategies and Recent Advances / / Mohamed Ahmed El-Esawi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : IntechOpen, , 2022

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 pages)

Disciplina

633.152

Soggetti

Corn - Breeding

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Maize is one of the most economically important food crops worldwide. It is used for livestock feeds and human nutrition. Recent strategies have been adopted for improving maize crops. This book brings together recent advances, breeding strategies, and applications in the biological control, breeding, and genetic improvement of maize genetic resources. It also provides new insights and sheds light on new perspectives and future research work that have been carried out for further improvement of maize crops. This book is a useful resource for students, researchers, and scientists.