An Introduction to Plant Breeding

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An Introduction to Plant Breeding

Jack Brown,Peter Caligari

Description

Plants have been successfully selectively bred for thousands of years, culminating in incredible yields, quality, resistance and so on that we see in our modern day crops and ornamental plants. In recent years the techniques used have been rapidly advanced and refined to include molecular, cell and genetic techniques.

An Introduction to Plant Breeding provides comprehensive coverage of the whole area of plant breeding. Covering modes of reproduction in plants, breeding objectives and schemes, genetics, predictions, selection, alternative techniques and practical considerations. Each chapter is carefully laid out in a student friendly way and includes questions for the reader. The book is essential reading for all those studying, teaching and researching plant breeding.

About the Author

Jack Brown is Professor of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Department of Plant Soil and Entomological Sciences, University of Idaho, USA.

Peter Caligari is Director of the Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Talca, Chile.

Features

Authors are well-respected internationally as plant breeders
Authors have many years’ teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students in plant sciences and genetics
Essential reading for plant breeders
Core text for courses in plant sciences and agriculture

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