Crop Improvement: New Approaches and Modern Techniques

by Munir A Ozturk, Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Parvaiz Ahmad

Book Overview

The improvement of crop species has been a basic pursuit since cultivation began thousands of years ago. To feed an ever increasing world population will require a great increase in food production. Wheat, corn, rice, potato and few others are expected to lead as the most important crops in the world. Enormous efforts are made all over the world to document as well as use these resources. Everybody knows that the introgression of genes in wheat provided...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461470277
• ISBN13: 9781461470274
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 493 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.2"