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Breeding Oilseed Brassicas

Part of the book series: Monographs on Theoretical and Applied Genetics (GENETICS, volume 19)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Importance and Origin

    • K. S. Labana, M. L. Gupta
    Pages 1-7
  3. Breeding Objectives and Methodologies

    • S. S. Dhillon, P. R. Kumar, Neena Gupta
    Pages 8-20
  4. Heterosis and Its Utilization

    • S. S. Banga
    Pages 21-43
  5. Bioenergetic Limitations to Breeding Better Brassicas

    • C. R. Bhatia, R. Mitra
    Pages 67-75
  6. Oil and Meal Quality

    • K. L. Ahuja, Shashi K. Banga
    Pages 76-93
  7. Genome Manipulations

    • Shyam Prakash, V. L. Chopra
    Pages 108-133
  8. Manipulation of Cytoplasmic Genomes

    • Stephan A. Yarrow
    Pages 134-147
  9. Transformation and Foreign Gene Expression

    • M. M. Moloney, L. A. Holbrook
    Pages 148-167
  10. Status of Isoenzyme Research

    • Marian L. Thorpe, Louise H. Duke
    Pages 168-180
  11. Disease Resistance

    • G. S. Saharan
    Pages 181-205
  12. Insect Resistance with Special Reference to Mustard Aphid

    • B. S. Sekhon, Inger Åhman
    Pages 206-221
  13. Freezing Injury, Resistance and Responses

    • A. K. Dhawan
    Pages 222-234
  14. Back Matter

    Pages 235-253

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Plant Breeding, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India

    Kuldeep S. Labana, Surinder S. Banga, Shashi K. Banga

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Breeding Oilseed Brassicas

  • Editors: Kuldeep S. Labana, Surinder S. Banga, Shashi K. Banga

  • Series Title: Monographs on Theoretical and Applied Genetics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-06166-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-06168-8Published: 17 April 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-06166-4Published: 09 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0341-5376

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 253

  • Number of Illustrations: 49 b/w illustrations

  • Additional Information: Jointly published with Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi

  • Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Cell Biology, Plant Sciences, Biochemistry, general

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