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Part of the book series: Advances in Cellular and Molecular Biology of Plants (CMBP, volume 5)
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Table of contents(13 chapters)
About this book
Complementing and supplementing the breeding of major food crops, such as the cereals, which together account for 66% of the world food supply, with molecular breeding and genetic manipulation may well provide a grace period of about 50 years in which to control population growth and achieve sustainable development. In this volume, leading world experts on cereal biotechnology describe the production and commercialization of the first generation of transgenic cereals designed to substantially reduce or prevent the enormous losses to cereal productivity caused by competition with weeds, and by various pests and pathogens, which is an important first step in that direction.
Reviews
Plant Growth Regulation, 30 (2000)
`The book will certainly be useful to plant scientists, breeders, biotechnologists, and agronomists interested in the improvement of cereals. It provides a wonderful up-to-date comprehensive overview of the field, with contributions of value to the specialist and also suitable to a broader readership.'
Plant Science, 158 (2000)
Editors and Affiliations
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Laboratory of Plant Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
Indra K. Vasil
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Molecular improvement of cereal crops
Editors: Indra K. Vasil
Series Title: Advances in Cellular and Molecular Biology of Plants
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4802-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1999
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-5471-0Published: 31 March 1999
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6016-5Published: 22 November 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-4802-3Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 1381-1932
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 402
Topics: Plant Sciences