This text provides a comprehensive introduction to plant breeding for undergraduate students of agriculture and biology. The commonly used techniques of plant breeding are described and placed in perspective against a description of the biology and genetics of crop plants, their evolution in different parts of the world, and their selection under primitive agricultural systems. The applications of tissue culture and genetic engineering techniques to plant breeding are outlined. Special techniques which have led to spectacular improvements in some crop plants are reviewed, and the prospect for future developments are discussed.
- ISBN10 0632009225
- ISBN13 9780632009220
- Publish Date 17 March 1976
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 24 September 2004
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Imprint Blackwell Science Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256
- Language English