Organic Crop Breeding

Organic Crop Breeding
Author: Edith T. Lammerts van Bueren
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2012-02-28
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0470958588

Organic Crop Breeding provides readers with a thorough review of the latest efforts by crop breeders and geneticists to develop improved varieties for organic production. The book opens with chapters looking at breeding efforts that focus on specific valuable traits such as quality, pest and disease resistance as well as the impacts improved breeding efforts can have on organic production. The second part of the book is a series of crop specific case studies that look at breeding efforts currently underway from around the world in crops ranging from carrots to corn. Organic Crop Breeding includes chapters from leading researchers in the field and is carefully edited by two pioneers in the field. Organic Crop Breeding provides valuable insight for crop breeders, geneticist, crop science professionals, researchers, and advanced students in this quickly emerging field.

History of Soybean Physiology and Botany Research (250 BCE to 2021)

History of Soybean Physiology and Botany Research (250 BCE to 2021)
Author: William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi
Publisher: Soyinfo Center
Total Pages: 986
Release: 2021-07-19
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1948436442

The world's most comprehensive, well documented, and well illustrated book on this subject. With extensive subject and geographic index. 80 photographs and illustrations - many color. Free of charge in digital PDF format.

Yield Gains in Major U.S. Field Crops

Yield Gains in Major U.S. Field Crops
Author: Stephen Smith
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2020-01-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0891186190

When humankind began to save seed to plant for the next season, they did so hoping to secure a food supply for the future. With that came the inevitable question: Will it be enough? Scientists today are still asking that question. Our dependence on domesticated cultivated varieties has never been greater, even as increasing populations strain our resource base. This book provides a fascinating snapshot-in-time account of the productivity status of all major U.S. field crops. Each crop has a different story to tell. Plant breeding, biotechnology, and agronomy have shaped these stories. It is imperative that we learn from them to ensure continued productivity. The solution is long-term stewardship and the most effective use of our critical resources—water, soil, genetic resources, and human intellect.

Monthly Checklist of State Publications

Monthly Checklist of State Publications
Author: Library of Congress. Exchange and Gift Division
Publisher:
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1972-04
Genre: State government publications
ISBN:

An annual index to the monographs appears early in the following year.