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Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Cereals

Volume 5

Shri Mohan Jain editor Jameel M Al-Khayri editor Dennis V Johnson editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Published:6th Nov '20

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Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Cereals cover

This book examines the development of innovative modern methodologies towards augmenting conventional plant breeding, in individual crops, for the production of new crop varieties under the increasingly limiting environmental and cultivation factors to achieve sustainable agricultural production, enhanced food security, in addition to providing raw materials for innovative industrial products and pharmaceuticals. This Volume 5, subtitled Cereals, focuses on advances in breeding strategies using both traditional and modern approaches for the improvement of individual crops. It addresses important staple food crops including barley, fonio, finger millet, foxtail millet, pearl millet, proso millet, quinoa, rice, rye, tef, triticale and spelt wheat. The volume is contributed by 53 internationally reputable scientists from 14 countries. Each chapter comprehensively reviews the modern literature on the subject and reflects the authors own experience.

ISBN: 9783030231101

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603 pages

1st ed. 2019