Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Breeding, Biotechnology and Molecular Tools by Jameel M. Al-Khayri, Shri Mohan Jain, Dennis V. Johnson (Hardcover, 2016)
The basic concept of this book is to examine the use of innovative methods augmenting traditional plant breeding towards the development of new crop varieties under different environmental conditions to achieve sustainable food production. This book consists of two volumes: Volume 1 subtitled Breeding, Biotechnology and Molecular Tools and Volume 2 subtitled Agronomic, Abiotic and Biotic Stress Traits. This is Volume 1 which consists of 21 chapters covering domestication and germplasm utilization, conventional breeding techniques and the role of biotechnology. In addition to various biotechnological applications in plant breeding, it includes functional genomics, mutations and methods of detection, and molecular markers. In vitro techniques and their applications in plant breeding are discussed with an emphasis on embryo rescue, somatic cell hybridization and somaclonal variation. Other chapters cover haploid breeding, transgenics, cryogenics and bioinformatics.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer International Publishing Ag
ISBN-13
9783319225203
eBay Product ID (ePID)
216761509
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Bioengineering, Natural Science
Author
Jameel M. Al-Khayri, Shri Mohan Jain, Dennis V. Johnson
Publication Name
Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Breeding, Biotechnology and Molecular Tools
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Biology
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
656 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Item Weight
1265g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
Switzerland
Editor
Shri Mohan Jain, Jameel M. Al-Khayri, Dennis V. Johnson
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