UID:
almahu_9948026658702882
Umfang:
1 online resource (325 p.)
ISBN:
0-444-60163-5
Serie:
Developments in crop science ; 2
Inhalt:
Application of Mutation Breeding Methods in the Improvement of vegetatively propagated crops V2
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Application of Mutation Breeding Methods in the Improvement of Vegetatively Propagated Crops: An Interpretive Literature Review; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. Various aspects of mutagenic treatment; Chemical mutagens; Physical mutagens; Literature; Chapter 2. Shoot apices: organization and post-irradiation behaviour; Structure and functioning of shoot apices; Behaviour of axillary and adventitious buds; The position of a mutated cell within a plant; chimerism; Rearrangements of cell layers; Shoot apices after irradiation
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Patterns of radiation-induced morphological/histological damage and recoveryThe fate of a mutated apical cell; Diplontic selection; Literature; Chapter 3. Adventitious bud techniques and other in vivo or in vitro methods of asexual propagation; In vivo techniques; In vitro techniques; Literature; Chapter 4. Root and tuber crops; Cassava; Garlic; Potato; Sweet potato; Yam and various other (tropical) root and tuber crops; Chapter 5. Ornamental crops; General; Tuber and bulb crops; Pot plants; Foliage plants; Cut flowers; Garden plants; Woody plants; Chapter 6. Woody perennial and forest trees
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GeneralBroad leaved trees; Coniferous trees; Trees used in sericulture (morus); Chapter 7. Fruit crops; Temperate fruit crops; Tree fruits; Small fruits; Grapes; Tropical fruit crops; Chapter 8. Other crops; Peppermint; Sisal; Sugarcane; Tea; Grasses; List of table; List of colour plates; List of figure; Index of references; Index of plant names
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-444-41618-8
Sprache:
Englisch
