Plant Mutation Breeding and Biotechnology
Qing-Yao Shu
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Description for Plant Mutation Breeding and Biotechnology
Hardcover.
This comprehensive book covers the underlying scientific principles, state-of-the-art technologies and methodologies of plant mutagenesis. It covers historical development and commonly used terminologies, chemical and physical mutagenesis, mutation induction, mutation breeding and mutations in functional genomics research. Suitable both as a manual for professionals and a resource for students in plant breeding and research, the book includes exemplary cases of practical applications and an appendix of recommended doses of gamma and fast neutron irradiation for almost 200 plant species.
This comprehensive book covers the underlying scientific principles, state-of-the-art technologies and methodologies of plant mutagenesis. It covers historical development and commonly used terminologies, chemical and physical mutagenesis, mutation induction, mutation breeding and mutations in functional genomics research. Suitable both as a manual for professionals and a resource for students in plant breeding and research, the book includes exemplary cases of practical applications and an appendix of recommended doses of gamma and fast neutron irradiation for almost 200 plant species.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
Number of Pages
616
Place of Publication
Wallingford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780640853
SKU
V9781780640853
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Qing-Yao Shu
Dr. Qing-Yao Shu is now a professor of plant breeding and biotechnology in Zhejiang University, China. He had worked as a plant geneticist and breeder in the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria for seven years, when he served as technical officer for several dozens of projects on plant mutation ... Read more
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