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A comparative analysis of all known procedures used in crop breeding and selection. Emphasis is on methodology, based on the author's study of 1400 research papers which cover the entire history of agricultural plant improvement. Thirty-eight chapters address all aspects of crop breeding--seventeen breeding and selection methods are featured, along with variations of several. Examples, comments, and interpretations, based on the author's 50 years of practical plant breeding experience with the small grain cereals, bridge theory and application, and give the book a dimension that goes beyond the scope of other texts and references.
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A comparative analysis of all known procedures used in crop breeding and selection. Emphasis is on methodology, based on the author's study of 1400 research papers which cover the entire history of agricultural plant improvement. Thirty-eight chapters address all aspects of crop breeding--seventeen breeding and selection methods are featured, along with variations of several. Examples, comments, and interpretations, based on the author's 50 years of practical plant breeding experience with the small grain cereals, bridge theory and application, and give the book a dimension that goes beyond the scope of other texts and references.
Plant Breeding Methodology,Neal F. Jensen,Wiley-Interscience,047160190X,Agriculture - Agronomy,Field Crop Breeding,General,Methodology,Nature,Nature/Ecology,Plant breeding,Plants - General,Science,Agricultural science,Technology / Agriculture & Animal Husbandry
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