Crop Improvement - New Approaches and Modern Techniques (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2013)

The improvement of crop species has been a basic pursuit since cultivation began thousands of years ago. To feed an ever increasing world population will require a great increase in food production. Wheat, corn, rice, potato and few others are expected to lead as the most important crops in the world. Enormous efforts are made all over the world to document as well as use these resources. Everybody knows that the introgression of genes in wheat provided the foundation for the "Green Revolution". Later also demonstrated the great impact that genetic resources have on production. Several factors are contributing to high plant performance under different environmental conditions, therefore an effective and complementary use of all available technological tools and resources is needed to meet the challenge.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2013
First published:	2013
Editors:	Khalid Rehman Hakeem • Parvaiz Ahmad • Munir Ozturk
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	493
Edition:	1st ed. 2013
ISBN-13:	978-1-4614-7027-4
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Crop husbandry > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > Plant reproduction & propagation > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4614-7027-7
Barcode:	9781461470274

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