Rice: Germplasm, Genetics and Improvement

Rice: Germplasm, Genetics and Improvement
ISBN-10
9535112406
ISBN-13
9789535112402
Series
Rice
Category
Medical
Pages
318
Language
English
Published
2014-04-23
Publisher
BoD – Books on Demand
Authors
Wengui Yan, Jinsong Bao

Description

Rice is a staple food for half of the worlds population mostly in Asia. Productivity of rice has largely been improved since the Green Revolution in 1960s. Further improvement of rice yield is necessary to keep pace with population growth, which is a challenging task for breeders. This book, Rice - Germplasm, Genetics and Improvement, as its name implies, comprehensively reviews current knowledge in germplasm exploration, genetic basis of complex traits, and molecular breeding strategies in rice. In the germplasm part, we highlight the application of wild rice in rice breeding. In the genetics part, most of the complex traits related with yield, disease, quality have been covered. In the improvement part, Chinese experiences in hybrid rice breeding have been summarized together with many molecular breeding practices scattering in different chapters.

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