Plant Breeding for Biotic Stress Resistance

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fritsche-Neto, Roberto (Editor), Borém, Aluízio (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Plant genetics.; Plant pathology.; Plant physiology.; Plant breeding.; Life Sciences.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Pathology.

Experience shows that biotic stresses occur with different levels of intensity in nearly all agricultural areas around the world. The occurrence of insects, weeds and diseases caused by fungi, bacteria or viruses may not be relevant in a specific year but they usually harm yield in most years. Globa...

Table of Contents:

• The Biotic Challenges to Plant Breeding to Develop Resistant Cultivars
• Breeding for Fungus Resistance
• Breeding for Bacterium Resistance
• Breeding for Virus Resistance
• Breeding for Nematode Resistance
• Breeding for Insect Resistance
• Breeding for Post-harvest Insect Resistance
• Breeding for Weed Management.