Protocols for Pre-Field Screening of Mutants for Salt Tolerance in Rice, Wheat and Barley

• Main Authors: Bado, Souleymane (Author), Forster, Brian P. (Author), Ghanim, Abdelbagi M.A (Author), Jankowicz-Cieslak, Joanna (Author), Berthold, Günter (Author), Luxiang, Liu (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Genetic engineering.; Agriculture.; Plant physiology.; Plant breeding.; Life Sciences.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Genetic Engineering.; Plant Physiology.

This book offers effective, low-cost and user-friendly protocols for the pre-field selection of salt-tolerant mutants in cereal crops. It presents simple methods for measuring soil salinity, including soil sampling and the analysis of water-soluble salts, and describes a detailed, but simple, screen...