Biology and breeding of food legumes /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2011.
• Subjects: Legumes > Breeding.; Food crops > Breeding.; Legumes as food.; Field Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Breeding and Genetics.; in vitro Culture of Plant Material.; Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002); Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002); Taxonomy and Evolution.; Fabaceae.; Biotechnology.; Evolution.; Genetic engineering.; History.; Hybrids.; In vitro culture.; Legumes.; Molecular genetics.; Plant breeding.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 418 pages) : illustrations, map, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book offers an extensive reference on the recent developments made in major food legumes. It offers exhaustive information on various aspects related to history, origin and evolution, botany, breeding objectives and methods, hybrid technology, doubled-haploid breeding and in vitro techniques; and on recent developments made through biotechnology, genetic engineering and molecular approaches.