Author: L. H. Newman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Plant Breeding in Scandinavia
Author: L. H. Newman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Measures to Promote Nordic Plant Breeding
Author: Anders Nilsson
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN: 9289320001
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN: 9289320001
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
Promoting Nordic Plant Breeding for the Future
Author: Annette Hägnefelt
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN: 9289345675
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN: 9289345675
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
The Breeding of Herbage Plants in Scandinavia and Finland
Author: Imperial Agricultural Bureaux
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grasses
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grasses
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Swedish Contributions to the Development of Plant Breeding
Author: Åke Åkerman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Adaptation in Plant Breeding
Author: P.M.A Tigerstedt
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401588066
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Plant adaptation is a fundamental process in plant breeding. It was the first criterion in the initial domestication of plants thousands of years ago. Adaptedness is generally a quantitative complex feature of the plant, involving many traits, many of which are quantitative. Adaptation to stresses like cold, drought or diseases are among the most central problems in a world grappling with global food security. Modern plant breeding, based on mendelian genetics, has made plant improvement more effective and more precise and selective. Molecular genetics and genetic engineering has considerably increased this selectivity down to single genes affecting single traits. The time has come when plant breeding efficiency may cause loss of genetic resources and adaptation. In these proceedings an effort is made to merge modern plant breeding efficiency with ecological aspects of plant breeding, reflected in adaptation. It is hoped that this merger results in more sustainable use of genetic resources and physical environments. The book is based on 10 keynotes addressing a wide spectrum of themes related to adaptation. In addition each subject is further elaborated in up to three case studies on particular plant species or groups of plants. The keynotes do in fact overlap to some degree and there are articles in this volume that seemingly contradict each other, a common aspect in advanced fields of research. The keen reader may conclude that, in a world where climates and environments are under continuous change and where human society is more and more polarized into a developed and a developing part, adaptation of our cultivated plants has different constraints on yields depending on ecology, and indeed economy.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401588066
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Plant adaptation is a fundamental process in plant breeding. It was the first criterion in the initial domestication of plants thousands of years ago. Adaptedness is generally a quantitative complex feature of the plant, involving many traits, many of which are quantitative. Adaptation to stresses like cold, drought or diseases are among the most central problems in a world grappling with global food security. Modern plant breeding, based on mendelian genetics, has made plant improvement more effective and more precise and selective. Molecular genetics and genetic engineering has considerably increased this selectivity down to single genes affecting single traits. The time has come when plant breeding efficiency may cause loss of genetic resources and adaptation. In these proceedings an effort is made to merge modern plant breeding efficiency with ecological aspects of plant breeding, reflected in adaptation. It is hoped that this merger results in more sustainable use of genetic resources and physical environments. The book is based on 10 keynotes addressing a wide spectrum of themes related to adaptation. In addition each subject is further elaborated in up to three case studies on particular plant species or groups of plants. The keynotes do in fact overlap to some degree and there are articles in this volume that seemingly contradict each other, a common aspect in advanced fields of research. The keen reader may conclude that, in a world where climates and environments are under continuous change and where human society is more and more polarized into a developed and a developing part, adaptation of our cultivated plants has different constraints on yields depending on ecology, and indeed economy.
Plant Breeding and Agrarian Research in Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institutes 1933-1945
Author: Susanne Heim
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402067186
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
A history of the agricultural sciences in Nazi Germany is presented in this book. The book analyzes scientific practice under the Nazi regime, Nazi agricultural policy and autarkic strategies, and the expansion policy in Eastern Europe. It offers new insights into the Auschwitz concentration camp and new perspectives on the cooperation between German elite scientists and the Nazi regime. The book goes on to dismiss the assumption that "Arian physics" were typical for Nazi Germany.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402067186
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
A history of the agricultural sciences in Nazi Germany is presented in this book. The book analyzes scientific practice under the Nazi regime, Nazi agricultural policy and autarkic strategies, and the expansion policy in Eastern Europe. It offers new insights into the Auschwitz concentration camp and new perspectives on the cooperation between German elite scientists and the Nazi regime. The book goes on to dismiss the assumption that "Arian physics" were typical for Nazi Germany.
Quantitative and Ecological Aspects of Plant Breeding
Author: J. Hill
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401158304
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Latest figures suggest that approximately 20% of the world's population of six billion is malnourished because of food shortages and inadequate distrib ution systems. To make matters worse, it is estimated that some 75 billion metric tons of soil are removed annually from the land by wind and soil ero sion, much of it from agricultural land, which is thereby rendered unsuitable for agricultural purposes. Moreover, out of a total land area under cultivation 9 6 of approximately 1. 5 x 10 ha, some 12 x 10 ha of arable land are destroyed and abandoned worldwide each year because of unsustainable agricultural practices. Add to this the fact that the world population is increasing at the rate of a quarter of a million per day, and the enormity of the task ahead becomes apparent. To quote the eminent wheat breeder E. R. Sears, It seems clear that plant geneticists can look forward to an expanded role in the 21st century, particularly in relation to plant improvement. The suc cess of these efforts may go a long way towards determining whether the world's increasing billions of humans will be adequately fed. Food for an ever-increasing population will have to be produced not only from an ever-diminishing, but from what will become an ever-deteriorating land resource unless justifiable environmental concerns are taken into account.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401158304
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Latest figures suggest that approximately 20% of the world's population of six billion is malnourished because of food shortages and inadequate distrib ution systems. To make matters worse, it is estimated that some 75 billion metric tons of soil are removed annually from the land by wind and soil ero sion, much of it from agricultural land, which is thereby rendered unsuitable for agricultural purposes. Moreover, out of a total land area under cultivation 9 6 of approximately 1. 5 x 10 ha, some 12 x 10 ha of arable land are destroyed and abandoned worldwide each year because of unsustainable agricultural practices. Add to this the fact that the world population is increasing at the rate of a quarter of a million per day, and the enormity of the task ahead becomes apparent. To quote the eminent wheat breeder E. R. Sears, It seems clear that plant geneticists can look forward to an expanded role in the 21st century, particularly in relation to plant improvement. The suc cess of these efforts may go a long way towards determining whether the world's increasing billions of humans will be adequately fed. Food for an ever-increasing population will have to be produced not only from an ever-diminishing, but from what will become an ever-deteriorating land resource unless justifiable environmental concerns are taken into account.
Principles and Procedures of Plant Breeding
Author: G. S. Chahal
Publisher: Alpha Science Int'l Ltd.
ISBN: 9781842650363
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Alternate approaches for the exploitation of heterosis and population improvement have been elaborated with the help of schematic diagrams.
Publisher: Alpha Science Int'l Ltd.
ISBN: 9781842650363
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Alternate approaches for the exploitation of heterosis and population improvement have been elaborated with the help of schematic diagrams.
Plant Breeding
Author: Neal C Stoskopf
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 100023259X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
This book attempts to present a readable format on plant breeding principles and their application, based on the collective experience of the three authors, but with a heavy dependence on the scientific literature. Modem pedagogy recognizes that teaching can occur when students are motivated to learn. Subject matter must be communicated in an interesting, appealing, and understandable fashion. In preparing the text, every effort has been made to translate pertinent plant breeding references into a clear, logical, and comprehensible format for those studying the challenging and dynamic field of plant breeding.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 100023259X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
This book attempts to present a readable format on plant breeding principles and their application, based on the collective experience of the three authors, but with a heavy dependence on the scientific literature. Modem pedagogy recognizes that teaching can occur when students are motivated to learn. Subject matter must be communicated in an interesting, appealing, and understandable fashion. In preparing the text, every effort has been made to translate pertinent plant breeding references into a clear, logical, and comprehensible format for those studying the challenging and dynamic field of plant breeding.