Cereals

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Carena, Marcelo J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer US, 2009.
• Series: Handbook of Plant Breeding ; 3
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant genetics.; Life Sciences.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.; Plant Sciences.

Handbook of Plant Breeding series Cereal Breeding Marcelo J. Carena Editor Agriculture depends on improved cultivars, and plant breeders are those who develop improved cultivars through proper germplasm choice. Breeding methods and molecular tools are secondary to germplasm choice in plant breeding....

Table of Contents:

• Cereal Crop Breeding
• Maize
• Rice Breeding
• Spring Wheat Breeding
• Rye (Secale cereale L.)
• Grain Sorghum
• Durum Wheat Breeding
• Barley
• Winter and Specialty Wheat
• Triticale: A “New” Crop with Old Challenges
• Adding Value to Breeding
• Statistical Analyses of Genotype by Environment Data
• Breeding for Grain Quality Traits
• Breeding for Silage Quality Traits
• Participatory Plant Breeding.