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The pea crop : a basis for improvement /
The Pea Crop: A Basis for Improvement documents the proceedings of the University of Nottingham 40th Easter School in Agricultural Science, held at the School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, 2-6 April 1984. The aim of the conference was to formulate a basis for improving the pea crop by bringing t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Butterworths,
1985.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; The Pea Crop: A Basis for Improvement; Copyright Page; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Table of Contents; PART I: OPENING ADDRESS; CHAPTER 1. THE PEA CROP-AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS, PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE; Introduction; Research and development; Looking ahead; References; PART II: NEED FOR IMPROVING THE PEA CROP; CHAPTER 2. AGRONOMIC PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PEA CROP; Introduction; Agronomic problems associated with the vining pea crop; Agronomic problems associated with the combining pea crop; Improving research strategy; Acknowledgements; References.
- CHAPTER 3. THE NEED FOR IMPROVED PEA-CROP PLANT IDEOTYPESIntroduction; The crops; Conclusions; References; PART III: GENETIC POTENTIAL FOR IMPROVING THE PEA CROP; CHAPTER 4. THE PEA GENOME: A SOURCE OF IMMENSE VARIATION; Introduction; Course of domestication; Classif�ication of mutants; Gene map; Relevance and application of mutants; Gene systems; Gene banks; Exploitation of germplasm; References; CHAPTER 5. AN ISOZYME LINKAGE MAP FOR PISUM SATIVUM; Introduction; Important characteristics of isozymes; Isozyme techniques; Description of isozyme systems and linkage relationships in pea.
- Analysis of the linkage mapApplications to plant breeding; Acknowledgements; References; CHAPTER 6. THE CONTROL OF FLOWERING AND INTERNODE LENGTH IN PISUM; Introduction; The major flowering genes; Flowering genes and the pea crop; Internode length: phenotypic range; Genetic control of internode length; Action of the length genes; Acknowledgements; References; CHAPTER 7. CHROMOSOME VARIATION IN PEAS AND ITS USE IN GENETICS AND BREEDING; Introduction; Chromosome variations deriving from available mutants; Use of chromosome variation in genetics and breeding; Conclusions; Acknowledgement.