- The first book on plant breeding beyond the era of omics
- Full coverage of the latest technologies and results of omics
- Future needs and applications beyond current omics technology
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- About this book
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The field of plant breeding has grown rapidly in the last decade with breakthrough research in genetics and genomics, inbred development, population improvement, hybrids, clones, self-pollinated crops, polyploidy, transgenic breeding and more. This book discusses the latest developments in all these areas but explores the next generation of needs and discoveries including omics beyond genomics, cultivar seeds and intellectual and property rights. This book is a leading-edge publication of the latest results and forecasts important areas of future needs and applications.
- About the authors
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Rodomiro Ortiz is Professor of Genetics and Plant Breeding at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Alnarp, Sweden. He worked as geneticist at Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (UNALM), Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP, Lima, Perú), Rutgers University (Chatsworth, New Jersey, USA) and International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria), held a Nordic professorship in plant genetic resources at the Danish Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (merged now with the University of Copenhagen, Denmark), served as Director at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT, Patancheru, Telangana, India), IITA, and the Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (CIMMYT, El Batán, México), and independent free-lance consultant for international, regional and national organizations engaged in agricultural research-for-development. CGIAR awarded IITA in 1994 the prestigious King Baudouin Award for the multidisciplinary research of the team working in plantain and banana improvement, in which Ortiz was both a hands-on researcher and program leader. His professional expertise includes genetics, genetic resources, germplasm enhancement, plant breeding, agro-biotechnology, biosafety, intellectual property rights, and developing agro-ecosystem and livelihood system approaches aiming sustainable intensification of agriculture in the developing world. His h-index was 44 accord
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- Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Introduction to Plant Breeding
Pages 1-17
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Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Pages 19-39
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Inbred Development
Pages 41-60
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Population Improvement
Pages 61-77
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Heterosis and Interspecific Hybridization
Pages 79-91
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Plant Breeding in the Omics Era
- Authors
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- Rodomiro Ortiz Ríos
- Copyright
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-20532-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-20532-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-20531-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-34614-4
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XI, 249
- Number of Illustrations
- 1 b/w illustrations
- Topics
