Genetic Improvement of Field Crops

by Gustavo A. Slafer

Outlining successful breeding techniques to augment the yields of the world's major crops, this reference analyzes the physiological and genetic basis for past and potential future increases in crop yields.;Covering crops with wide differences in morphology, photosynthetic rates, and nitrogen metabolisms, Genetic Improvement of Field Crops: investigates the changes produced by breeders in the physiological attributes affecting wheat grain yield and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824789806
• ISBN13: 9780824789800
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 486 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"