04837nam 2200661 450 991064379500332120230213211634.01-283-57216-897866138846190-470-72078-60-470-71848-X(CKB)1000000000688151(EBL)703917(OCoLC)811488087(SSID)ssj0000801029(PQKBManifestationID)11459907(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000801029(PQKBWorkID)10773723(PQKB)11531003(MiAaPQ)EBC703917(WaSeSS)Ind00046446(EXLCZ)99100000000068815120160812h19831983 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBetter crops for food /Ciba FoundationLondon, [England] :Pitman Books Ltd.,1983.Newark, New Jersey :CIBA Pharmaceutical Company (Medical Education Division),[date of distribution not identified]©19831 online resource (256 p.)Ciba Foundation Symposium ;97Description based upon print version of record.0-470-66415-0 0-272-79729-4 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Better crops for food; Contents; 1 Chairman's introduction; 2 Better crop for food - an overview; Crop production systems; The relevance of research; World hunger; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION; 3 Nutritional aspects of improvements in legume seed crops; Dietary considerations; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; 4 Status of new nitrogen inputs for crops; Nitrogen and crop production: past, present, future; The knowledge base for nitrogen input; Future technologies for nitrogen input; Summary; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION; REFERENCE5 Variation in and genetics of certain antinutritional and biologically active components of soybean seedKunitz trypsin inhibitor; Lectin; β-Amylase; Lipoxygenase-1; Conclusions; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; 6 Crops tolerant of salinity and other mineral stresses; Mineral stresses; A new approach; Salinity; Development of salt-tolerant crops; What shall we aim for?; What means shall we use?; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; 7 Intercropping studies with annual crops; Better use of environmental resources; Legume benefits; Control of weeds, pests and diseases; Yield stabilityIntercropping in developed situationsREFERENCES; DISCUSSION; 8 Multiple land-use and agroforestry; Multiple land-use systems; Agroforestry; Plant species for agroforestry; The systems perspective of agroforestry; Whither agroforestry?; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION; REFERENCE; 9 An integrated disease and pest management scheme, EPIPRE, for wheat; The food production dilemma; The ecological dilemma; Crop protection and food production; Systems analysis in crop protection; The EPIPRE example; The context problem; Future prospects; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION; REFERENCE10 Maximizing hybrid vigour in autotetraploid alfalfaMaximum heterozygosity in diploids and autotetraploids; Minimizing heterozygosity for selection in autotetraploids; Novel methods for maximizing hybrid vigour in autotetraploids; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION; 11 New food legume crops for the tropics; Velvet bean; Rice bean; Bambara groundnut; Winged bean; Conclusion; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; 12 Germplasm preservation; Maintenance under minimal growth conditions; Storage of plant cells and tissues in undercooled conditions; Cryogenic storage of plant cell and tissue cultures; REFERENCESDISCUSSION13 Somaclonal variation and genetic improvement of crop plants; Somaclonal variation; Presumptive generalities; Origin of somaclonal variation; Conclusions; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; General discussion; Possible roles of somaclonal variation in breeding; REFERENCES; 14 Applications of molecular biology in plant breeding: the detection of genetic variation and viral pathogens; Cytoplasmic variation and the southern corn leaf blight epidemic in maize; Detection of mitochondrial DNA variation; Characterization of plant genotypes using a rapid tissue hybridization methodThe detection of viral pathogens by a molecular hybridization assayCiba Foundation symposium ;97.Food cropsCongressesFood crops631.5O'Connor Maeve284912Nugent Jonathan845868Ciba Foundation.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910643795003321Better crops for food3005083UNINA