This comprehensive book covers the underlying scientific principles, state of the art technologies and methodologies of plant mutagenesis. It covers historical development and commonly used ...

Large amounts of data ("big data") offer enormous potential for improving the accuracy of genome-wide predictions in plant ...

To train new people to work with California specialty crops and update the skills of current workers, educators from UC Davis ...

Plant breeding has been practiced for thousands of years, since near the beginning of human civilization. It is now practiced worldwide by individuals such as gardeners and farmers or by professional ...

The central work area of this Section is to assist Member States in the design and implementation of innovative and effective plant breeding programmes using radiation-induced mutation through, for ...

Have you ever wondered where our agricultural crops come from? And what were they like thousands of years ago, or hundreds of years ago? Our food crops today are in fact very different from the ...

Plant architecture, the three-dimensional structural feature formed during morphogenesis, has a profound effect on crop yield and thus serves as a core element in high-yield breeding. However ...

A career development course on the application of quantitative genetics and plant breeding. Topics include objective setting, plant genetic resources, base population development, quantitative genetic ...

A new era was ushered in in 1834 by the introduction of the Hovey strawberry, which was the first named variety to be produced by definite plant breeding- in North America. From this time the ...

When you study the Master of Science (Plant Breeding) at Massey University you will become a member of a significant international scientific community responsible for global food security. This plant ...