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1	Plants, Genes and Crop Biotechnology, Second Edition more books like this by Martin J Chrispeels, Maarten J Chrispeels, David E Sadava add to wishlist This book integrates many fields to help students understand the complexity of the basic science that underlies crop and food production. see all copies from $52.98! new only from $58.81! \| SVS
2	Pollen biotechnology for crop production and improvement more books like this by Shivanna, Sawhney add to wishlist Our knowledge of pollen, the gold dust that carries the male germ line of flowering plants and is vital for sexual reproduction and seed formation, has 'come of age' with the publication of this book. Here, for the first time in a single volume, are all the ideas and techniques developed in the last two decades concerning the manipulation of ... see all copies from $13.89! new only from $27.00! \| SVS
3	Plants, Genes, and Agriculture more books like this by Maarten J Chrispeels add to wishlist Jones and Bartlett and the American Society of Plant Biologists have teamed up for the second edition. This book integrates many fields to help students understand the complexity of the basic science that underlies crop and food production. It is truly an interdisciplinary text that brings together aspects of genetics and plant breeding, molecular ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.20! \| first editions
4	Genetic Improvement of Field Crops more books like this by Gustavo A Slafer add to wishlist Outlining successful breeding techniques to augment the yields of the world's major crops, this reference analyzes the physiological and genetic basis for past and potential future increases in crop yields. Covering crops with wide differences in morphology, photosynthetic rates, and nitrogen metabolisms, "Genetic Improvement of Field Crops": ... see all copies from $33.98! new only from $33.98! \| SVS
5	Crop Improvement more books like this by Manjit S Kang add to wishlist Learn to integrate molecular genetic techniques with traditional plant breeding methods!This comprehensive book provides the latest authoritative scientific information on improvement of both temperate and tropical crops. Crop Improvement: Challenges in the Twenty-First Century brings together expert plant breeders and geneticists to address ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $22.65! \| first editions
6	Quality Improvement in Field Crops more books like this by Lakhwinder S Randhawa add to wishlist Learn to identify, modify, and manipulate the genes controlling key quality traits in field crops!This informative book provides state-of-the-art information on improving nutritional quality as well as yield volume in field crops such as wheat, maize, rice, barley, oats, lentils, pigeon peas, soybeans, cool season legumes, and crops whose seeds ... see all copies from $8.20! new only from $39.01!
7	Biochemical Aspects of Crop Improvement more books like this by Khanna R Khanna, Peter J Barnes (Contributions by), Beasley (Contributions by) add to wishlist This book provides a comprehensive review at the biochemical and molecular level of the processes and techniques that contribute to crop improvement. General topics in this book include: a historical perspective of the advancements in crop improvement; cultivar systematics and biochemical and molecular markers in crop improvement programs; the ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $33.00! \| first editions
8	Mutations, in Vitro and Molecular Techniques for Environmentally Sustainable Crop Improvement more books like this by M Maluszynski (Editor), K J Kasha (Editor) add to wishlist This publication contains the results of an FAO/IAEA Co-ordinated Research Project (CRP) on Radiation Induced Mutations and Other Advanced Technologies for the Production of Crop Mutants Suitable for Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture. Induced mutation techniques and other biotechnological approaches are major tools for creating variability ... see all copies from $6.14! new only from $76.97! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Rice Biology in the Genomics Era more books like this by Takuji Sasaki add to wishlist The complete sequencing of the rice genome and new molecular biological techniques have led to tremendous advances in our knowledge of rice biology. Thus rice has become an important model plant for basic and applied research. This volume presents the latest results of research in crop improvement as well as in molecular and cellular activities in ... see all copies from $186.96! new only from $186.96! \| first editions
10	Breeding Major Food Staples more books like this by Manjit S Kang (Editor), P M Priyadarshan (Editor) add to wishlist As the world's 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 to grow. "Breeding Major Food Staples" covers improving yields and quality of these crops through ... see all copies from $79.99! new only from $85.00! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Development and Uses of Biofortified Agricultural Products more books like this by Gary S Banuelos (Editor), Zhi-Qing Lin (Editor) add to wishlist Although ending world hunger remains the most important goal, increasingly the focus is on simultaneously improving world malnutrition. Paradoxically, nutritionally important trace elements essential for human health are both deficient and over-abundant in soils in many regions of the world. Using a multidisciplinary approach, "Development and ... see all copies from $103.74! new only from $103.74!
12 view cover	Crop Variety Improvement and Its Effect on Productivity: The Impact of International Agricultural Research more books like this by Robert E Evenson (Editor), D Gollin (Editor) add to wishlist This volume reports the findings of a study of the productivity impacts of varietal improvements research conducted at a number of international centres affiliated with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. Such centres have been at the forefront of the "Green Revolution" which resulted in the breeding of new crop ... see all copies from $112.80! new only from $115.00! \| first editions
13 view cover	Plant adaptation and crop improvement more books like this by Hammer Cooper, G L Hammer (Editor), M Cooper (Editor) add to wishlist This work has been adapted from a series of papers presented at The International Workshop on The Analysis and Exploitation of Plant Adaptation in Agricultural Crop Improvement Programs held at ICRISAT, India, in late-1994. The book contains chapters which consider: theoretical and applied aspects of analyzing aspects of plant adaptation in multi ... see all copies from $49.00! new only from $49.00!
14 view cover	Concise Encyclopedia of Crop Improvement: Institutions, Persons, Theories, Methods and Histories more books like this by Rolf H J Schlegel add to wishlist How were today's complex approaches to improving crops developed?The quest for a steady food supply sparked plant breeding attempts over 12,000 years ago. The Concise Encyclopedia of Crop Improvement is a comprehensive resource explaining the development of crop improvement methods over the centuries. This extensive history of development is ... see all copies from $117.85! new only from $117.85!
15 view cover	Evolution of Wild Emmer and Wheat Improvement: Population Genetics, Genetic Resources, and Genome Organization of Wheat's Progenitor, Triticum Dicoccoides more books like this by Eviatar Nevo, A B Korol, A Beiles add to wishlist Wild emmer is the progenitor of most cultivated wheats and thus an important source of wheat improvement. This book draws the results from multidisciplinary studies on the ecological, genetic, genomic, agronomic, and evolutionary aspects of wild emmer, conducted at many labs around the world.It is divided into the following parts: Origin and ... see all copies from $78.25! new only from $78.25! \| first editions
16 view cover	Improvement of Crop Plants for Industrial End Uses more books like this by P Ranalli (Editor) add to wishlist Advanced biotechnologies enable breeders to produce a whole generation of new crops for specialist needs ("designer crops"), including raw materials for the energy, chemical and pharmaceutical industries. This book provides concerns useful to promote an increase of the productivity of crops by using functional genomics (to understand the ... see all copies from $114.83! new only from $114.83! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement: Grain Legumes, Volume I more books like this by Ram J Singh (Editor), Prem P Jauhar (Editor) add to wishlist Summarizing landmark research, Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement: Grain Legumes, Volume I furnishes information on the availability of germplasm resources that breeders can exploit for producing high-yielding varieties. Written by an internationally renowned and innovative panel of scientists, the book offers the most ... see all copies from $126.47! new only from $126.47!
18 view cover	Genetic and Production Innovations in Field Crop Technology more books like this by Manjit Kang, Food Products Press (Creator) add to wishlist Scientists have indicated that crop improvement will become progressively important over the next few decades as the world's population is expected to top 10 billion people, with more than eight billion in developing countries alone. "Genetic and Production Innovations in Field Crop Technology" tackles this enormous challenge by detailing the ... see all copies from $19.98! new only from $19.98!
19 view cover	Physiological Bases for Maize Improvement more books like this by Maria Elena Otegui, Gustavo A Slafer add to wishlist Improve the quantity and quality of maize crops in any environment!While isolated examples of the physiological bases for genetic improvement of maize yield can be found in several papers (most of which are cited in this book), there has not, until now, been a single volume that delivers and clarifies all of the available information in this field ... see all copies from $26.00! new only from $40.80!
20 view cover	Genetic Glass Ceilings: Transgenics for Crop Biodiversity more books like this by Jonathan Gressel, Klaus Ammann (Foreword by) add to wishlist As the world's population rises to an expected ten billion in the next few generations, the challenges of feeding humanity and maintaining an ecological balance will dramatically increase. Today, we rely on just four crops for 80 percent of all consumed calories: wheat, rice, corn, and soybeans. Indeed, reliance on these four crops may also mean ... see all copies from $33.41! new only from $39.78! \| SVS
21 view cover	Model Plants and Crop Improvement more books like this by Rajeev Kumar Varshney (Editor), Robert Koebner (Editor) add to wishlist Within the past decade, there has been an explosion of research in both the public and private sectors regarding the use of plant genetic models to improve crop yield. Bringing together experts from across the globe, "Model Plants and Crop Improvement" provides a critical assessment of the potential of model plant species for crop improvement. The ... see all copies from $42.75! new only from $104.79! \| first editions
22 view cover	Somaclonal Variation and Induced Mutations in Crop Improvement more books like this by S Mohan Jain (Editor), B S Ahloowalia (Editor), D S Brar (Editor) add to wishlist The basic purpose of this book is to describe the relative value of each method of improving various agricultural crops by using parasexual techniques. While no book can be a complete source of all the information on a subject, a range of topics were selected to highlight the recent developments in mutagenesis (conventional approach and molecular ... see all copies from $305.11! new only from $305.11! \| first editions \| SVS
23	Genetic engineering of plants for crop improvement more books like this by Lal add to wishlist This book discusses current genetic engineering methods for plants and addresses the commercial opportunities for transgenic plants. Topics covered include: Agrobacterium-mediated transformations; the use of electroporation; PEG-mediated transformation; microinjection; the microprojectile bombardment method; and the electrical discharge particle ... see all copies from $52.99! new only from $52.99!
24 view cover	Genetic and Productin Innovations in Field Crop Technology: New Developments in Theory and Practice more books like this by Manjit S Kang (Editor) add to wishlist Scientists have indicated that crop improvement will become progressively important over the next few decades as the world's population is expected to top 10 billion people, with more than eight billion in developing countries alone. "Genetic and Production Innovations in Field Crop Technology" tackles this enormous challenge by detailing the ... see all copies from $43.57! new only from $43.57!
25 view cover	Molecular Techniques in Crop Improvement more books like this by Shri Mohan Jain (Editor), D S Brar (Editor), B S Ahloowalia (Editor) add to wishlist This book provides comprehensive information on the latest tools and techniques of molecular genetics and their applications in crop improvement. Advanced techniques used in molecular markers, QTL mapping, marker-assisted breeding and molecular cytogenetics have been thoroughly discussed. The volume highlights molecular genetics from the ... see all copies from $259.00! new only from $259.00! \| first editions

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