Crop Improvement New Approaches and Modern Techniques /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hakeem, Khalid Rehman (Editor), Ahmad, Parvaiz (Editor), Ozturk, Munir (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant genetics.; Plant breeding.; Life Sciences.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.; Plant Sciences.

The improvement of crop species has been a basic pursuit since cultivation began thousands of years ago. To feed an ever increasing world population will require a great increase in food production.  Wheat, corn, rice, potato and few others are expected to lead as the most important crops in the wor...