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Breeding Tropical and Subtropical Fruits
P. K. Ray
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Description for Breeding Tropical and Subtropical Fruits
Hardback. Fruit breeding has undergone rapid and significant development. This book is a comprehensive account of developments in breeding tropical and subtropical fruits, covering conventional and new techniques used for increasing efficiency of crop improvement programmes. Num Pages: 338 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSTL; TVQ; TVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 680.
Plant breeding has undergone a period of very rapid and significant development in recent years and the area of fruit breeding is no exception. This book provides a balanced, up-to-date and comprehensive account of the developments in the field of breeding tropical and subtropical fruits. It offers not only the theoretical and applied aspects of breedings fruits but also provides an authoritative manual of the conventional and new techniques used for increasing efficiency of crop improvement programmes. In specific chapters the book deals with crop taxonomy, genetic resources, floral biology, breeding objectives, inheritance patterns and information on new improved cultivars/hybrids. ... Read more
Plant breeding has undergone a period of very rapid and significant development in recent years and the area of fruit breeding is no exception. This book provides a balanced, up-to-date and comprehensive account of the developments in the field of breeding tropical and subtropical fruits. It offers not only the theoretical and applied aspects of breedings fruits but also provides an authoritative manual of the conventional and new techniques used for increasing efficiency of crop improvement programmes. In specific chapters the book deals with crop taxonomy, genetic resources, floral biology, breeding objectives, inheritance patterns and information on new improved cultivars/hybrids. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
Number of Pages
338
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540428558
SKU
V9783540428558
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Breeding Tropical and Subtropical Fruits
From the reviews: "The authors consider breeding high yielding cultivars as an important measure to boost productivity. … This book is aimed at undergraduate and graduate students of pomology, horticulture and agriculture but also addresses fruit scientists, teachers … . This book presents an up-to-date review of the breeding work on 20 main crops and ... Read more