1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830702303321

Titolo

Use of Plant Introductions in Cultivar Development . Part 1, Proceedings of a symposium sponsored by Division C-1 of the Crop Science Society of America in Las Vegas, Nevada, 19 Oct. 1989 / / editors, H. L. Shands and L. Wiesner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified] : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2015

ISBN

0-89118-596-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 164 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

631.523

Soggetti

Plant introduction - United States

Plant breeding - United States

Crop improvement - United States

Crops - Germplasm resources

Plant varieties - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Use of introduced germplasm in U.S. rice improvement / J.N. Rutger, C.N. Bollich -- Genetic resources of oats / K.J. Frey -- Contribution of introduced germplasm to the development of U.S. wheat cultivars / T.S. Cox -- Use of introduced germplasm in the USDA-ARS National Barley Collection in barley cultivars / John G. Moseman -- Contributions of introduced sorghum germplasm to hybrid development in the USA / R.R. Duncan, P.J. Bramel-Cox, F.R. Miller -- Plant introductions / M.D. Rumbaugh -- Contributions of introduced germplasm in the development of grass cultivars / K.H. Asay -- Contributions of introductions to cotton improvement / W.R. Meredith, Jr -- Origin of the soybean and germplasm introduction and development in North America / T. Hymowitz, R.L. Bernard.