Resilient Crops for Water Limited Environments
Resilient Crops for Water Limited Environments

Author: David Poland

Publisher: CIMMYT

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9706481249

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Drought, arguably the greatest threat to food production worldwide, was the focal point of a high-level, weeklong workshop supported by The Rockefeller Foundation and CIMMYT, held in May 2004 in Cuernavaca, Mexico.

Search for New Genes
Search for New Genes

Author: Benjamin Peary Pal

Publisher: Academic Foundation

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 9788171886326

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Contributed papers presented at the Symposium; festschrift for Benjamin Peary Pal, 1906-1989, Indian agricultural scientist.

Genomics and Breeding for Climate-Resilient Crops
Genomics and Breeding for Climate-Resilient Crops

Author: Chittaranjan Kole

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-06-18

Total Pages: 556

ISBN-13: 3642370454

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Climate change is expected to have a drastic impact on agronomic conditions including temperature, precipitation, soil nutrients, and the incidence of disease pests, to name a few. To face this looming threat, significant progress in developing new breeding strategies has been made over the last few decades. The first volume of Genomics and Breeding for Climate-Resilient Crops presents the basic concepts and strategies for developing climate-resilient crop varieties. Topics covered include: conservation, evaluation and utilization of biodiversity; identification of traits, genes and crops of the future; genomic and molecular tools; genetic engineering; participatory and evolutionary breeding; bioinformatics tools to support breeding; funding and networking support; and intellectual property, regulatory issues, social and political dimensions. ​

Plant Breeding Reviews
Plant Breeding Reviews

Author: Jules Janick

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-05-05

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 9780470535479

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Plant Breeding Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods. Many of the crops widely grown today stem from a very narrow genetic base; understanding and preserving crop genetic resources is vital to the security of food systems worldwide. The emphasis of the series is on methodology, a fundamental understanding of crop genetics, and applications to major crops.

Marker-assisted Selection
Marker-assisted Selection

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 498

ISBN-13: 9789251057179

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A comprehensive description and assessment of the use of marker-assisted selection for increasing the rate of genetic gain in crops, livestock, forestry and fish, including the related policy, FAO's tradition of dealing with issues of importance to agricultural and economic development in a multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral manner.