Sleper, D. A.
Breeding field crops / David Allen Sleper, John Milton Poehlman.
— 5th ed. — Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Pub., 2006. viii, 424 p. : il. ; 26 cm.
Rev. ed. de: Breeding field crops / John Milton Poehlman, David Allen Sleper. 4th ed. 1995.
Contenido: I. What is plant breeding?: 1. Plant breeders and their work — II. The genetic basis of plant breeding: 2. Reproduction in crop plants — 3. Gene recombination in plant breeding — 4. Quantitative inheritance in plant breeding — III. Tools of the plant breeder: 5. Variations in chromosome number — 6. Mutation — 7. Fertility-regulating mechanisms and their manipulation — 8. Biotechnology and plant breeding — IV. Methods in plant breeding: 9. Breeding self-pollinated crops — 10. Breeding cross-pollinated and clonally propagated crops — 11. Breeding hybrid cultivars — 12. Breeding objectives and techniques — V. Germplasm resources for breeding crop plants: 13. Germplasm resources and conservation — VI. Applications: Breeding field crops that are self-pollinated: 14. Breeding wheat.
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