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Crops I (Hardcover, 1st ed. 1986. 2nd printing 1988)
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Crops I (Hardcover, 1st ed. 1986. 2nd printing 1988)
Series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, 2
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Production of food to meet the demands of an ever-increasing human
population in the world is the major task and challenge to
agriculture today. The conventional methods of plant breeding alone
can no longer cope with the situation. The success of any crop
improvement program depends on the extent of genetic variability in
the base population, but due to denuding of forests and
agricultural land, the naturally occurring pool of germplasm is
being depleted. An urgent need is therefore ap parent to create new
variability and increase the genetic base of agricul tural crops.
Agricultural biotechnology has progressed to a stage in the produc
tion of plants where specific characteristics to improve their
yield, ap pearance, disease-resistance, nutritional quality and
adaptation to ad verse soil conditions can be built into the seed.
This concept of built-in quality implies a continuous scientific
endeavour to improve plant char acters using a wide range of
possibilities, and it also implies a scrutiny of the materials and
methods available in the world today."
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