Plant Breeding in the Omics Era

This book provides analysis of plant breeding and its role for producing high-yielding cultivars that increase farming profitability and sustainability. This work analyzes the past and present of plant breeding, while providing research that investigates the future of crop improvement. Plant breedin...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ortiz Ríos, Rodomiro (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Subjects:
Plant biotechnology.
Plant genetics.
Plants-Development.
Plant physiology.
Developmental biology.
Plant Biotechnology.
Plant Genetics.
Plant Development.
Plant Physiology.
Developmental Biology and Stem Cells.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to Plant Breeding
  • Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
  • Inbred Development
  • Population Improvement
  • Heterosis and Inter-Specific Hybridization
  • Mutations and Epigenetics
  • Genetic Engineering and Transgenic Breeding
  • DNA Sequencing, other Omics and Synthetic Biology
  • Breeding Self-fertilizing Plants: From Inbred to Hybrid Cultivars
  • Breeding Open Pollinated, Hybrid and Transgenic Outcrossing Species
  • Polyploidy and Plant Breeding
  • Seeds, Clones and Perennials
  • Diversity, Intellectual Property and Plant Variety Protection.

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