Breeding Major Food Staples
Breeding Major Food Staples
Manjit Kang, P. M. Priyadarshan
Hardcover
437 pages
October 2007
Table of Contents
Foreword (G.S. Khush).
Preface (Kang & Priyadarshan).
General Topics.
Introduction: Genetic Enhancement of Polyploid Crops Using Tools of Classical Cytogenetics and Modern Biotechnology.
Chapter 1: Breeding Methodologies: Classic and Modern (Kang et al.).
Chapter 2: Biofortification (Pfeiffer & McClafferty).
Chapter 3: Bioinformatics (Edwards).
Cereals and Oil/Protein Crops.
Chapter 4: Wheat (Singh & Trethowan).
Chapter 5: Rice (Virmani & Ilyas-Ahmed).
Chapter 6: Barley (Ceccarelli et al.).
Chapter 7: Corn (Johnson).
Chapter 8: Soybean (Cianzio).
Carbohydrate Suppliers: Root Crops and Banana.
Chapter 9: Potato (Bradshaw).
Chapter 10: Sweetpotato (Tan et al.).
Chapter 11: Cassava (Ceballos et al.).
Chapter 12: Banana (Pillay & Tripathi)
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