The Dynamical Processes of Biodiversity
The Dynamical Processes of Biodiversity

Author: Oscar Grillo

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2011-12-02

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 9533077727

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Driven by the increasing necessity to define the biological diversity frame of widespread, endemic and threatened species, as well as by the stimulating chance to describe new species, the study of the evolutive and spatial dynamics is in constant execution. Systematic overviews, biogeographic and phylogenic backgrounds, species composition and distribution in restricted areas are focal topics of the 15 interesting independent chapters collected in this book, chosen to offer to the reader an overall view of the present condition in which our planet is.

Plant Cryopreservation: A Practical Guide
Plant Cryopreservation: A Practical Guide

Author: Barbara B.M. Reed

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-10-31

Total Pages: 534

ISBN-13: 0387722769

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Cryopreservation has proven to be an important tool for the storage and conservation of plant genetic resources. This book is a unique resource for plant scientists, providing more than 100 ready-to-use cryopreservation protocols for plant types from algae and bryophytes to a range of flowering plants. It includes techniques for diverse plant parts such as dormant buds, pollen, and apical meristems and for cell types such as suspension and callus cultures.

Molecular Breeding of Forage Crops
Molecular Breeding of Forage Crops

Author: German Spangenberg

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2001-03-31

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 9780792368816

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Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium, Molecular Breeding of Forage Crops, Lorne and Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, November 19-24, 2000

Molecular Plant Breeding
Molecular Plant Breeding

Author: Yunbi Xu

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 756

ISBN-13: 1845936248

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Recent advances in plant genomics and molecular biology have revolutionized our understanding of plant genetics, providing new opportunities for more efficient and controllable plant breeding. Successful techniques require a solid understanding of the underlying molecular biology as well as experience in applied plant breeding. Bridging the gap between developments in biotechnology and its applications in plant improvement, Molecular Plant Breeding provides an integrative overview of issues from basic theories to their applications to crop improvement including molecular marker technology, gene mapping, genetic transformation, quantitative genetics, and breeding methodology.

Plant Breeding from Laboratories to Fields
Plant Breeding from Laboratories to Fields

Author: Sven Bode Andersen

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2013-05-22

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 953511090X

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Breeding of crop plants to make them more adapted to human agricultural systems has been on-going during domestication the last 10 000 years. However, only recently with the invention of the Mendelian principles of genetics and the subsequent development of quantitative genetics during the twentieth century has such genetic crop improvement become based on a general theory. During the last 50 years plant breeding has entered a molecular era based on molecular tools to analyse DNA, RNA and proteins and associate such molecular results with plant phenotype. These marker trait associations develop fast to enable more efficient breeding. However, they still leave a major part of breeding to be performed through selection of phenotypes using quantitative genetic tools. The ten chapters of this book illustrate this development.

Rice Research and Production in the 21st Century
Rice Research and Production in the 21st Century

Author: Walter G. Rockwood

Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9712201635

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Bob Chandler: man, manager, and inspiration; Intensive rice production systems: implications and opportunities; Developments in genetics: future opportunities in rice; 21st century institutions for agricultural research.

Manual on MUTATION BREEDING THIRD EDITION
Manual on MUTATION BREEDING THIRD EDITION

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2018-10-09

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 9251305269

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This paper provides guidelines for new high-throughput screening methods – both phenotypic and genotypic – to enable the detection of rare mutant traits, and reviews techniques for increasing the efficiency of crop mutation breeding.