Summarizing landmark research, Volume 2 of this essential series
furnishes information on the availability of germplasm resources
that breeders can exploit for producing high-yielding cereal crop
varieties. Written by leading international experts, this volume
offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date information on
employing genetic resources to increase the yield of those cereal
crops that provide the main source of nutrition for two-thirds of
the world. In thirteen succinct chapters, Genetic Resources,
Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement: Cereals, Volume 2
focuses on wheat, rice, maize, oats, barley, millet, sorghum, and
rye, as well as triticale: a wheat and rye hybrid with great
potential. An introductory chapter outlines the cytogenetic
architecture of cereal crops, describes the principles and
strategies of cytogenetics and breeding, and summarizes landmarks
in current research. This sets the stage for the ensuing
crop-specific chapters. Each chapter generally provides a
comprehensive account of the crop, its origin, wild relatives,
exploitation of genetic resources in the primary, secondary, and
tertiary gene pools through breeding and cytogenetic manipulation,
and genetic enrichment using the tools of molecular genetics and
biotechnology. Certain to become the standard reference for
improving the yields of these critical grains, this book is the
definitive source of information for plant breeders, agronomists,
cytogeneticists, taxonomists, molecular biologists,
biotechnologists, and graduate students and researchers in these
fields.
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