Breeding field crops, 5th ed.9780813824284 Breeding field crops, 5th ed. Sleper, David Allen and John Milton Poehlman. Blackwell Publishing 2006 424 pages $84.99 Paperback SB185 This text introduces students to the science of plant breeding plant breeding, science of altering the genetic pattern of plants in order to increase their value. Increased crop yield is the primary aim of most plant-breeding programs; advantages of the hybrids and new varieties developed include adaptation to new agricultural , including tools, methods, germplasm resources and new technologies. In the fifth edition, Sleper (plant sciences, U. of Missouri) updates the original work by Poehlman (agronomy agronomy (əgrŏn`əmē), branch of agriculture dealing with various physical and biological factors—including soil management, tillage, crop rotation, breeding, weed control, and climate—related to crop production. , U. of Missouri) with expanded coverage of the role of genetics in the development of new crop cultivars and with updated information about new developments in molecular biology molecular biology, scientific study of the molecular basis of life processes, including cellular respiration, excretion, and reproduction. The term molecular biology was coined in 1938 by Warren Weaver, then director of the natural sciences program at the Rockefeller , particularly translational genomics. The text has an extensive glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary. and, at the end of each chapter, lists of study questions and recommended further reading. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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