Breeding Field Crops - Hardcover

Poehlman, John Milton

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0442276044 ISBN 13: 9780442276041

Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1987

Synopsis

While preparing the first edition of this textbook I attended an extension short course on writing agricultural publications. The message I remember was "select your audience and write to it. " There has never been any doubt about the audience for which this textbook was written, the introductory course in crop breeding. In addition, it has become a widely used reference for the graduate plant-breeding student and the practicing plant breeder. In its prepa­ ration, particular attention has been given to advances in plant-breeding theo­ ry and their utility in plant-breeding practice. The blend of the theoretical with the practical has set this book apart from other plant-breeding textbooks. The basic structure and the objectives of the earlier editions remain un­ changed. These objectives are (1) to review essential features of plant re­ production, Mendelian genetic principles, and related genetic developments applicable in plant-breeding practice; (2) to describe and evaluate established and new plant-breeding procedures and techniques, and (3) to discuss plant­ breeding objectives with emphasis on the importance of proper choice of objec­ tive for achieving success in variety development. Because plant-breeding activities are normally organized around specific crops, there are chapters describing breeding procedures and objectives for the major crop plants; the crops were chosen for their economic importance or diversity in breeding sys­ tems. These chapters provide a broad overview of the kinds of problems with which the breeder must cope.

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Product Description

724pp. Printed boards, no d/j. Ex-institution lib., ink-stamps on t.p. and top of text-block ; front f.e.p. removed. Minor soiling and scuffing, contents clean. 3rd. Edition.

From the Publisher

* Fifth edition of standard-setting crop breeding text
* Explores the role genetics play in development of new crop cultivars
* Covers exciting new developments in molecular biology
Provides broad coverage of crop breeding

About this edition

• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0442276044
• ISBN 13: 9780442276041
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 768