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oapen-20.500.12657-869622024-01-15T17:36:34Z Mutation Breeding and Efficiency Enhancing Technologies for Resistance to Striga in Cereals Ghanim, Abdelbagi M. A. Sivasankar, Shoba Rich, Patrick J. Striga hermonthica Striga asiatica mutagenesis in cereals rice mutant populations Striga infected plants protocols witchweed bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences::PST Botany & plant sciences::PSTP Plant pathology & diseases bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences::PST Botany & plant sciences bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TV Agriculture & farming::TVB Agricultural science This open access book is a compilation of protocols developed through a Coordinated Research Project of the Joint FAO/IAEA Center of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, specifically focused on mutation breeding for resistance to Striga. The book consists of three sections; (i) a general introduction on Striga biology and impact and mutagenesis in cereal crops; (ii) protocol chapters focusing on field, screenhouse and laboratory screening and diagnostic for resistance to Striga asiatica and S. hermonthica in sorghum, upland rice and maize, and; (iii) efficiency enhancing technologies such as rapid crop cycling, doubled haploid production and genomics for mutation discovery and marker development. These chapters were written by well recognized experts in Striga biology and physiology, and cereal breeders. The book is intended to serve as a unique reference and guide for plant breeders and geneticists engaged in breeding for resistance to Striga in cereals. 2024-01-15T16:46:59Z 2024-01-15T16:46:59Z 2024 book ONIX_20240115_9783662681817_63 9783662681817 9783662681800 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/86962 eng application/pdf n/a 978-3-662-68181-7.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-3-662-68181-7 Springer Nature Springer Berlin Heidelberg 10.1007/978-3-662-68181-7 10.1007/978-3-662-68181-7 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 fc07f7d1-4c98-4b36-bd33-0bae45965006 9783662681817 9783662681800 Springer Berlin Heidelberg 182 Berlin, Heidelberg [...] International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA open access
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This open access book is a compilation of protocols developed through a Coordinated Research Project of the Joint FAO/IAEA Center of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, specifically focused on mutation breeding for resistance to Striga. The book consists of three sections; (i) a general introduction on Striga biology and impact and mutagenesis in cereal crops; (ii) protocol chapters focusing on field, screenhouse and laboratory screening and diagnostic for resistance to Striga asiatica and S. hermonthica in sorghum, upland rice and maize, and; (iii) efficiency enhancing technologies such as rapid crop cycling, doubled haploid production and genomics for mutation discovery and marker development. These chapters were written by well recognized experts in Striga biology and physiology, and cereal breeders. The book is intended to serve as a unique reference and guide for plant breeders and geneticists engaged in breeding for resistance to Striga in cereals.
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