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Genetic Manipulations with Plant Material
Lucien . Ed(S): Ledoux
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Description for Genetic Manipulations with Plant Material
Paperback. Editor(s): Ledoux, Lucien. Series: NATO Science Series A. Num Pages: 614 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1163.
Mankind, throughout history, has strived to improve his food sources. By means of slow and empirical selections, it has been possible to greatly increase both quantity and quality of plant crops. This procedure has brought the most useful cereals to a state of refinement that seems to be difficult to further improve by the same methodology. Indeed, natural sexual mechanisms were always used to cross closely related sexually and genetically compatible organisms; the selection procedure consisted of isolating the most promi sing progenies. Obviously, by this way, plants could only share preexisting genetic pools. On the other hand, the last ... Read more
Mankind, throughout history, has strived to improve his food sources. By means of slow and empirical selections, it has been possible to greatly increase both quantity and quality of plant crops. This procedure has brought the most useful cereals to a state of refinement that seems to be difficult to further improve by the same methodology. Indeed, natural sexual mechanisms were always used to cross closely related sexually and genetically compatible organisms; the selection procedure consisted of isolating the most promi sing progenies. Obviously, by this way, plants could only share preexisting genetic pools. On the other hand, the last ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
614
Condition
New
Series
NATO Science Series A
Number of Pages
601
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781468427653
SKU
V9781468427653
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99-15
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