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Wheat

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Y. P. S. Bajaj

    1. New Friends Colony, New Delhi, India

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Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry (AGRICULTURE, volume 13)

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Table of contents (37 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXIII
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  2. In Vitro Technology, Establishment of Cultures, Somatic Embryogenesis, and Micropropagation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Biotechnology in Wheat Breeding

      • Y. P. S. Bajaj
      Pages 3-23

    3. Factors Affecting the Establishment of Callus Cultures in Wheat

      • R. J. Mathias
      Pages 24-45

    4. Somatic Embryogenesis in Wheat

      • K. J. Scott, D. G. He, Y. M. Yang
      Pages 46-67

    5. Factors Affecting Somatic Embryogenesis in Wheat

      • J. G. Carman, W. F. Campbell
      Pages 68-87

    6. Improvement of Somatic Embryogenesis in Wheat by Segmentation of Cultured Embryos

      • H. Chlyah, M. Hsaine, R. Karim, A. Chlyah
      Pages 88-97

    7. Clonal Propagation of Wheat

      • O. A. Tanzarella, B. Greco
      Pages 98-108

  3. Wide Hybridization: Embryo, Ovule, and Panicle Culture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
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    2. Wide Hybridization — Potential of Alien Genetic Transfers for Triticum aestivum Improvement

      • A. Mujeeb-Kazi, R. Asiedu
      Pages 111-127

    3. Incorporation of Barley Chromosomes into Wheat

      • A. K. M. R. Islam, K. W. Shepherd
      Pages 128-151

    4. Triticum × Aegilops Hybrids Through Embryo Culture

      • J. Valkoun, J. Dostál, D. Kučerová
      Pages 152-166

    5. Wheat × Thinopyrum Hybrids

      • R. de V.Pienaar
      Pages 167-217

    6. In Vitro Production of Triticale (Triticum × Secale) Through Embryo Culture

      • Y. P. S. Bajaj
      Pages 218-228

    7. Triticale × Wheat Hybrids

      • C. E. May
      Pages 229-249

    8. Embryo Culture of Wheat — Regenerative Tissue Culture System

      • T. Shimada
      Pages 250-261

    9. In Vitro Culture of Wheat Ovules

      • M. Zenkteler, W. Nitzsche
      Pages 262-268

    10. Growth of Wheat Ears in Liquid Culture

      • G. R. Donovan, B. T. Lee, J. W. Lee
      Pages 269-282

  4. In Vitro Production of Haploids and the Release of Varieties

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 283-283
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    2. Wheat Anther Culture: Agronomic Performance of Doubled Haploid Lines and the Release of a New Variety “Florin”

      • Y. Henry, J. de Buyser
      Pages 285-352
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Wheat, which is the second most important cereal crop in the world, is being grown in a wide range of climates over an area of about 228 945 thou­ sand ha with a production of about 535 842 MT in the world. Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L. ) accounts for 80% of the wheat consumption, howe­ ver, it is attacked by a large number of pests and pathogens; rusts and smuts cause enormous damage to the crop and reduce the yield drastically in some areas. The major breeding objectives for wheat include grain yield, earliness, resistance to lodging and diseases, spikelet fertility, cold tolerance, leaf duration and net assimilation rate, fertilizer utilization, coleoptile length, nutritional value, organoleptic qualities, and the improvement of charac­ ters such as color and milling yield. The breeding of wheat by traditional methods has been practiced for centuries, however, it has only now come to a stage where these methods are insufficient to make any further breakthrough or to cope with the world's demand. Although numerous varieties are released every year around the world, they do not last long, and long-term objectives cannot be realized unless more genetic variability is generated. Moreover, the intro­ duction of exotic genetic stocks and their cultivation over large areas results in the depletion and loss of the native germplasm pool.

Editors and Affiliations

  • New Friends Colony, New Delhi, India

    Y. P. S. Bajaj

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Wheat

  • Editors: Y. P. S. Bajaj

  • Series Title: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10933-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-51809-9Published: 20 December 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08081-4Published: 01 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-10933-5Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0934-943X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2512-3696

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 688

  • Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Plant Sciences, Zoology, Cell Biology

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