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.
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An Introduction to
Plant Breeding
by Jack Brown and Peter Caligari
Prometheus Books,
2008
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