Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 16

Informationen zum Autor Jules Janick is the James Troop Distinguished Professor of Horticulture at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN, USA. Klappentext Plant Breeding Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods. At a time when methods of molecular biology are leading to genetically engineered crops, and when the supply of wild varieties of many crops are threatened, this series provides the most current and important information available on the subject. Zusammenfassung This text presents reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods. With emphasis on methodology! understanding crop genetics! and applications to major crops! it covers a range of crops such as row crops! fruits! and vegetables. Inhaltsverzeichnis Dedication: Edward J. Ryder, Lettuce Breeder and Geneticist (J. McCreight). Potato Breeding via Ploidy Manipulations (R. Ortiz). Genetic Transformation and Fruit Crop Improvement (Z. Singh & S. Sansavini). Genotype by Environment Interaction and Crop Yield (W. Yan & L. Hunt). Sesame Breeding (A. Ashri). Somaclonal Variation: Molecular Analysis, Transformation Interaction, and Utilization (R. Veilleux & A. Johnson). The Saccharum Complex: Relation to Other Andropogoneae (C. Guimar?es & B. Sobral). The Genomes of the Glycine (T. Hymowitz, et al.). Indexes.

Product details

• Authors: J Janick, J. Janick, Jules Janick, Jules (Purdue University) Janick, Janick Jules
• Assisted by: Jules Janick (Editor), Janick Jules (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.11.1998
• EAN: 9780471254461
• ISBN: 978-0-471-25446-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Plant Breeding Reviews; Plant Breeding Reviews
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Medicine: general issues, MEDICAL / General, NATURE / Plants / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, Trees, wildflowers & plants, Botany & plant sciences, Agriculture and farming, AGRICULTURE & FARMING, Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest, Agronomy & crop production, Botany and plant sciences, Agronomy and crop production