Breeding Major Food Staples
Download or Read eBook Breeding Major Food Staples PDF written by Manjit Kang and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-02-04 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Manjit Kang |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 455 |
| Release | : 2008-02-04 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780470376355 |
| ISBN-13 | : 047037635X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Breeding Major Food Staples by : Manjit Kang
Book excerpt: As the world’s population increases the need to produce greater quantities of major staple crops such as wheat, rice, maize, potato, cassava, soybean, sweet potato, barley, and banana in order to sufficiently feed the people of the world continues to grow. Breeding Major Food Staples covers improving yields and quality of these crops through breeding and the use of molecular biology tools such as gene transfer, genome mapping, biofortification, and bioinformatics. This book will be an important reference for anyone working in crop breeding.
