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1 online resource (xv, 437 pages) : illustrations, map
As the worlds population increases the need to produce greater quantities of major staple crops such as wheat, rice, maize, potato, cassava, soybean, sweet potato, barley, and banana in order to sufficiently feed the people of the world continues t.
Crop breeding methodologies: classic and modern / Manjit S. Kang [and others] -- Genetic enhancement of polypoid crops using tools of classical cytogenetics and modern biotechnology / Prem P. Jauhar -- Biofortification: breeding micronutrient-dense crops / Wolfgang H. Pfeiffer, Bonnie McClafferty -- Bioinformatics and plant genomics for staple crops improvement / David Edwards -- Breeding spring bread wheat for irrigated and rainfed production systems of the developing world / Ravi P. Singh, Richard Trethowan -- Rice breeding for sustainable production / Sant S. Virmani, M. Ilyas-Ahmed -- Barley breeding for sustainable production / Salvatore Ceccarelli [and others] -- Corn breeding in the twenty-first century / G. Richard Johnson -- Soybean breeding achievements and challenges / Silvia R. Cianzio -- Breeding potato as a major staple crop / John E. Bradshaw -- Breeding of sweetpotato / S.L. Tan, M. Nakatani, K. Komaki -- Cassava genetic improvement / Hernan Ceballos [and others] -- Banana breeding / Michael Pillay, Leena Tripathi.
edited by Manjit S. Kang and P.M. Priyadarshan.
Includes bibliographical references and index.