Mutation Breeding: Theory and Practical Applications

by A.M. van Harten

Book Overview

During the 1970s and 1980s, mutation breeding made a tremendous contribution to crop improvement. Now, as the techniques of molecular biology become more widely adopted by plant breeders, this comprehensive summary sets mutation breeding in a contemporary context and relates it to other breeding techniques, including the most recently developed. The book opens with a general introduction to plant breeding and a review of the development of mutation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521036828
• ISBN13: 9780521036825
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.4" x 9.7"