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Publisher: TheBookEdition

Published:

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 2919949721

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Tropical Plant Breeding
Tropical Plant Breeding

Author: A. Charrier

Publisher: Editions Quae

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 612

ISBN-13: 9782876144262

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Important advances in tropical plant breeding achieved by French research teams of Cirad, Inra and Ird, in collaboration with counterpart staff in tropical countries, are reviewed in the present publication. All 24 chapters focus on different plants, and include: in-depth analysis of trait diversity in cultivated forms and links with related wild species; overviews of breeding techniques and biotechnological innovations utilized by breeders; assessment of genetic progress, based on examples from varietal improvement and extension programmes.

Cassava-Mealybug Interactions
Cassava-Mealybug Interactions

Author: Paul-André Calatayud

Publisher: IRD Editions

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9782709916141

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Most basic information on plant-mealybug interactions during the last decade has come from research on the cassava Manihot esculenta Crantz (Euphorbiaceae) system with two mealybug species, namely Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero and Phenacoccus herreni Cox and Williams (Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae). Both these insects cause severe damage to cassava in Africa and South America, respectively. This book reviews these interactions (plant selection by the insects, nutritional requirements

The Biodiversity of African Plants
The Biodiversity of African Plants

Author: Xander van der Maesen

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 864

ISBN-13: 9400902859

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Proceedings of the XIVth AETFAT Congress, 22-27 August 1994, Wageningen, the Netherlands