Breeding field crops / John Milton Poehlman, David Allen Sleper.
Author
- Poehlman, John Milton 1910-1995.
Edition
- 4th ed.
Published
- Ames : Iowa State University Press 1995
Physical description
xv, 494 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
ISBN
- 0813824273
- 9780813824277
Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
- What is plant breeding? Plant breeders and their work -- Genetic basis of plant breeding. Reproduction in crop plants -- Gene recombination in plant breeding -- Quantitative inheritance in plant breeding -- Tools of the plant breeder. Variations in chromosome number -- Mutation -- Fertility-regulating mechanisms and their manipulation -- Molecular biology : application in plant breeding -- Methods in plant breeding. Breeding self-pollinated crops -- Breeding cross-pollinated and clonally propagated crops -- Breeding hybrid cultivars -- Breeding objectives and techniques -- Germplasm resources for breeding crop plants. Germplasm resources and conservation -- Applications: breeding field crops that are self-pollinated. Breeding wheat -- Breeding rice -- Breeding soybean -- Applications: field crops utilizing hybrid breeding procedures. Breeding corn (maize) -- Breeding sorghum -- Applications: field crops with miscellaneous breeding procedures. Breeding cotton -- Breeding cross-pollinated forage crops -- Applications: field crops that are vegetatively propagated. Breeding potato -- Breeding sugarcane -- Maintenance and seed production of improved cultivars. Cultivar increase, maintenance, and seed production.
Subject
- Field crops Breeding.
- Cultures de plein champ Amélioration.
- Field crops Breeding.
- Nutzpflanzenzüchtung
- Plantas cultivadas (melhoramento e genetica)
- Culturas agricolas.
- Genetica vegetal.
- Field crops Breeding.
- Genetics
- Recombination
- Plants
- Chromosomes
- Ploidy
- Male Sterility
- Cell Culture
- Hybridisation
- Cereals
- Pollination
- Hybrids
- Resistance
- Genetic Resources
- Wheat
- Seed Testing
- Certification
- Seed Production
- Rice
- Maize
- Core Text
- akkerbouw
- arable farming
- veldgewassen
- field crops
- plantenveredeling
- plant breeding
- Plant Breeding and Genetics (General)
- Plantenveredeling en -genetica (algemeen)
Other names
Genre
- Bibliography
- Illustrated
- text
Language
- English
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