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ESSENTIALS OF PLANT BREEDING
by: K.V. Mohanan, (Author)
Publisher: PHI Learning Pvt Ltd
Publication Date: 2024-05-06
Language: English
Print Length: 168 pages
ISBN-10: 8119364066
ISBN-13: 9788119364060
Book Description
Essentials of Plant Breeding’ provides comprehensive coverage of the principles and practices used in plant breeding. The present edition, revised and updated, covers the basic concepts of genetics based on which the science of plant breeding has developed and deals with the conventional and modern methods of plant breeding. Different aspects like breeding for producing new crop varieties, pest and disease resistance breeding, quality improvement, heterosis breeding, ideotype breeding, and stress resistance breeding have been dealt with. Details on variety release, seed certification, IPR, sustainable agriculture, etc. have been provided.
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Essentials of Plant Breeding’ provides comprehensive coverage of the principles and practices used in plant breeding. The present edition, revised and updated, covers the basic concepts of genetics based on which the science of plant breeding has developed and deals with the conventional and modern methods of plant breeding. Different aspects like breeding for producing new crop varieties, pest and disease resistance breeding, quality improvement, heterosis breeding, ideotype breeding, and stress resistance breeding have been dealt with. Details on variety release, seed certification, IPR, sustainable agriculture, etc. have been provided.
