Band 10
Legumes and Oilseed Crops I
Aus der Reihe
Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry
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- Englisch ausgewählt
Fr. 191.00
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
10.12.2011
Abbildungen
XX, 682 p.
Herausgeber
Toshiyuki Nagata + weitereVerlag
Springer BerlinSeitenzahl
682
Maße (L/B/H)
24.2/17/3.8 cm
Gewicht
1190 g
Auflage
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-3-642-74450-1
Legumes and oilseed crops are a rich source of protein and energy. The major objectives in grain-legume breeding are to increase grain yield, protein quantity and quality and digestibility, and to decrease toxic fac tors, seed hardness and cooking time. Similarly, oilseed crops such as brassicas and peanut share somewhat similar genetic improvement goals, but suffer from susceptibility to a number of pathogens and diseases. In spite of the best efforts through conventional breeding, their yield has been virtually static, with no significant breakthrough. The lack of genetic variability in the base population has been considered to be a major limiting factor for the slow progress made in the improvement of these crops. The desired goals can be achieved by incorporating addi tional genetic variability in the existing germplasm. The protein and oil contents which are genotypically oriented can be enhanced further by suitable crosses. In this regard, progress made during the last decade, in the area of in vitro manipulation and recombinant DNA technology, holds promise for the improvement of these crops. Among the oilseed crops, Brassica spp. , soybean and sunflower have been well studied, wherein haploids, somaclones, somatic hybrids, cybrids and transformed plants have been produced. Oilpalm is one of the best examples where micropropagation is being commercially prac ticed. Regarding legumes, though there is extensive work on forages, such as Medicago and Trifolium, much needs to be done on food legumes.
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