Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement
Cereals, Volume 2
Series: Genetic Resources Chromosome Engineering & Crop Improvement; 2;
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher CRC Press
- Date of Publication 13 January 2006
- ISBN 9780849314322
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages476 pages
- Size 254x178 mm
- Weight 1020 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This is the second book in a new series that explores chromosome engineering for crop improvement. Focusing on cereal crops, the book covers economic importance, world wide production and distribution, utilization, and the origin of the crop and its progenitor. With chapters written by internationally renowned scientists, the book discusses germplasm collection, maintenance, evaluation, dissemination; taxonomy; cytogenetics, gene pools, germplasm enhancement; and biotechnological methods. Filling a gap in the literature, Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement: Cereals serves as the standard reference for laying out the best paths for improving cereal crop yield.
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Summarizing landmark research, Volume 2 of this essential series furnishes information on the availability of germplasm resources that breeders can exploit for producing high-yielding cereal crop varieties. Written by leading international experts, this volume offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date information on employing genetic resources to increase the yield of those cereal crops that provide the main source of nutrition for two-thirds of the world.
In thirteen succinct chapters, Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement: Cereals, Volume 2 focuses on wheat, rice, maize, oats, barley, millet, sorghum, and rye, as well as triticale: a wheat and rye hybrid with great potential.
An introductory chapter outlines the cytogenetic architecture of cereal crops, describes the principles and strategies of cytogenetics and breeding, and summarizes landmarks in current research. This sets the stage for the ensuing crop-specific chapters. Each chapter generally provides a comprehensive account of the crop, its origin, wild relatives, exploitation of genetic resources in the primary, secondary, and tertiary gene pools through breeding and cytogenetic manipulation, and genetic enrichment using the tools of molecular genetics and biotechnology.
Certain to become the standard reference for improving the yields of these critical grains, this book is the definitive source of information for plant breeders, agronomists, cytogeneticists, taxonomists, molecular biologists, biotechnologists, and graduate students and researchers in these fields.
Table of Contents:
Cytogenetic Architecture of Cereal Crops and Their Manipulation to Fit Human Needs: Opportunities and Challenges. Chromosome Engineering of the Durum Wheat Genome: Strategies and Applications of Potential Breeding Value. Utilization of Genetic Resources for Bread Wheat Improvement. Molecular Markers, Genomics, and Genetic Engineering in Wheat. Cytogenetic Manipulation and Germplasm Enhancement of Rice, (Oryza sativa L). Genetic Enhancement of Maize by Cytogenetic Manipulation, and Breeding for Yield, Stress Tolerance, and High Protein Quality. Chapter 7 Cytogenetic Manipulation in Oat Improvement. Utilization of Genetic Resources for Barley Improvement. Chromosome Mapping in Barley (Hordeum vulgare L). Genetic Improvement of Pearl Millet for Grain and Forage Production: Cytogenetic Manipulation and Heterosis Breeding. Sorghum Genetic Resources, Cytogenetics, and Improvement. Rye (Secale cereale L.): A Younger Crop Plant with a Bright Future. Triticale: A Low-Input Cereal with Untapped Potential. Index.
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