Genomics and Breeding for Climate-Resilient Crops: Vol. 2 Target Traits

by Chittaranjan Kole

Book Overview

Flowering time.- Root Characters.- Cold Tolerance.- Breeding for Heat Tolerance in Annual Crops.- Drought.- Water Use Efficiency: Governed By an Interactive Network of Physical, Biochemical and Hydraulic Processes.- Flooding and Submergence Tolerance in Rice.- Application of Genomics to Breed Disease Resistant Crop Varieties.- Insect Resistance.- Nutrient Use Efficiency.- Nitrogen Fixation and Assimilation.- Carbon Sequestration.- Plant Breeding Approaches...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642435718
• ISBN13: 9783642435713
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 490 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"