An Introduction to Plant Breeding provides comprehensive coverage of the whole area of plant breeding.

Coverage includes:

• modes of reproduction in plants
• breeding objectives and schemes
• genetics
• predictions
• selection
• alternative techniques
• practical considerations

Each chapter is carefully laid out in a friendly way and includes questions for the reader.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Modes of reproduction and types of cultivar
3. Breeding objectives
4. Breeding schemes
5. Genetics and plant breeding
6. Predictions
7. Selection
8. Alternative techniques
9. Practical considerations

Index

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