Breeding strategies for sustainable forage and turf grass improvement

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Barth, Susanne (Editor), Milbourne, Dan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant genetics.; Plant breeding.; Life Sciences.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.; Plant Sciences.

Grasslands cover a significant proportion of the land mass of the world, and play a pivotal role in global food production. At the same time we are faced with several challenges that affect the way in which we think about this valuable set of resources. The population of the world is expected to exc...