Heterosis and Hybrid Rice Breeding /

Rice is the most important food crop of the developing world and the demand for it is growing. Provided here is a concise account of hybrid breeding in rice, a newly deployed breeding approach to increase the yield. Research on heterosis, male sterility systems, outcrossing mechanisms, disease/insec...

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Main Author:	Virmani, Sant S.
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1994.
Series:	Monographs on theoretical and applied genetics ; 22.
Subjects:	Life sciences. Agriculture. Cytology. Forests and forestry. Botany. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book