Plant Mutation Breeding and Biotechnology
By Unknown Author.
Description
Until the 20th century, spontaneous mutations were the only source of genetic diversity for mankind to exploit in selecting plants and animals for domestication and breeding. Plant mutation breeding is now a common tool available to plant breeders worldwide, and this comprehensive volume addresses the array of recent advances in mutation induction and efficiency enhancing biotechnologies made in this field, including bioinformatics, phenomics and genomics. Detailing both state-of-the-art methodologies and underlying scientific principles, this book covers chemical and physical mutagenesis, ...
ISBN(s)
9251070229, 9789251070222
