Plant Breeding II

Download or read book Plant Breeding II written by Kenneth J. Frey and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selection and breeding methods; Germplasm collection, preservtion, and use; Application ot tisue culture and somatic hybridization to plant improvement; Chromosomal and cytoplasmic manipulations; Breeding plants for stress environments; Development of plant genotypes for multiple; Breeding for morphological and physiological traits; Breeding for insects resitance; Disease resitance in plants and its consequences for plant breeding; Breeding for improved nutritionalquality; Meeting human needs through plant breeding: past progress and porspects for the future; Increasing and stabilizing food production;