Plant breeding reviews . Volume 24, pt. 2 Long-term selection : crops, animals, and bacteria [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jules Janick

• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (306 p.)
• Disciplina: 631.5/3/05; 631.52
• Soggetto topico: Plant breeding
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: JanickJules
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Crop domestication as a long-term selection experiment -- Long-term selection in plants in the developing world -- Trends in productivity of U.S. crops and long-term selection -- Long-term selection in a commercial hybrid maize breeding program -- Long-term divergent selection for ear length in maize -- Inferences on the genetics of quantitative traits from long-term selection in laboratory and domestic animals -- Long-term selection for pupal weight in Tribolium castaneum -- Phenotypic and genomic evolution during a 20,000-generation experiment with the bacterium Escherichia coli.
• Sommario/riassunto: Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 24, Part 2 presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods. The emphasis of the series is on methodology, a practical understanding of crop genetics, and applications to major crops.
• Titolo autorizzato: Plant breeding reviews
• ISBN: 1-282-68912-6; 9786612689123; 0-470-65028-1; 0-470-65025-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910140577503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Plant Breeding Reviews