Breeding sorghum for diverse end uses /

'Breeding Sorghum for Diverse End Uses' is a comprehensive overview of all significant global efforts for the genetic improvement of sorghum, a major crop of many semi-arid nations that is suitable for a huge range of uses, from human food, to biofuels. Split into two main sections, the bo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: C, Aruna (Editor ), Visarada, K. B. R. S. (Editor ), Bhat, B. Venkatesh (Editor ), Tonapi, Vilas A. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Duxford, United Kingdom : Woodhead Publishing, an imprint of Elsevier, [2019].
Colección:Woodhead Publishing in food science, technology, and nutrition.
Temas:
Sorghum > Breeding.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science.
Sorghum > Breeding
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Sorghum : a bundle of opportunities in the 21st century / K.B.R.S. Visarada, C. Aruna
  • 2. Origin, domestication and diffusion of Sorghum bicolor / Kamala Venkateswaran, M. Elangovan, N. Sivaraj
  • 3. Classification, distribution and biology / Kamala Venkateswaran, N. Sivaraj, S.R. Pandravada, M. Thirupathi Reddy, B. Sarath Babu
  • 4. History of sorghum improvement / P. Sanjana Reddy, Belum V.S. Reddy
  • 5. Conventional breeding techniques in sorghum / Sujay Rakshit, Amasiddha Bellundagi
  • 6. Marker-assisted breeding in sorghum / R. Madhusudhana
  • 7. Tissue culture and genetic transformation in Sorghum bicolor / D. Balakrishna, R. Vinodh, P. Madhu, S. Avinash, P.V. Rajappa, B. Venkatesh Bhat
  • 8. Wide hybridization / K.B.R.S. Visarada, Kamala Venkateswaran
  • 9. Genetics of important economic traits in sorghum / R. Madhusudhana
  • 10. Genetic improvement of grain sorghum / C. Aruna, Deepika Cheruku
  • 11. Breeding forage sorghum / B. Venkatesh Bhat
  • 12. Grain structure, quality, and nutrition / C.V. Ratnavathi
  • 13. Sorghum grain in food and brewing industry / C. Aruna, K.B.R.S. Visarada
  • 14. Sorghum for animal feed / Venkateswarlu Ronda, C. Aruna, K.B.R.S. Visarada, B. Venkatesh Bhat
  • 15. Sorghum for starch and grain ethanol / S. Audilakshmi, M. Swarnalatha
  • 16. Sweet sorghum for biofuel industry / A.V. Umakanth, A. Ashok Kumar, Wilfred Vermerris, V.A. Tonapi
  • 17. Other industrial uses of sorghum / C. Aruna, K.B.R.S. Visarada
  • 18. Advances in sorghum insect pest resistance / P.G. Padmaja, C. Aruna
  • 19. Advances in sorghum disease resistance / I.K. Das
  • 20. Breeding for abiotic stress resistance in sorghum / P. Sanjana Reddy
  • 21. Distinctness, uniformity, and stability (DUS) testing in sorghum / K. Hariprasanna
  • 22. Status of sorghum patents / K.B.R.S. Visarada, M. Elangovan, Swarna Ronanki
  • 23. Sorghum value chain for food and fodder security / B. Dayakar Rao.

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