Brassica oilseeds : breeding and management /

• Other Authors: Kumar, Arvind, 1952- (Editor), Banga, S. S. (Editor), Meena, P. D. (Editor), Kumar, P. R. 1942- (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2015.
• Subjects: Brassica > Breeding.; Brassica > Diseases and pests.; Brassica > genetics.; Breeding.; Plant Diseases > prevention & control.; Stress, Physiological.; Field Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.; Plant Production.; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Environmental Tolerance of Plants.; Pathogen, Pest, Parasite and Weed Management (General); Crop Produce.; Food Composition and Quality.; Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002); Alleles.; Fungal diseases.; Genes.; Genomes.; Genomics.; Heterosis.; Indian mustard.; Insect control.; Insect pests.; Mutagenesis.; Mutants.; Mutations.; Pest control.; Plant disease control.; Plant diseases.; Plant pathogenic fungi.; Plant pathogens.; Plant pests.; Rape.; Seed quality.; Seeds.; Swede rape.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 261 pages) : illustrations (some color), charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book contains 12 chapters focusing on the breeding aspects, i.e. genetics and breeding, intersubgenomic heterosis, induced mutagenesis and allele mining, seed quality modifications and genomics, and the management of diseases, such as Albugo candida and Alternaria species, insect pests and abiotic stresses, in rapeseed-mustard.