Biotechnology in crop improvement / Kevin Burgess.

Includes bibliographical references.

Cultivation Techniques in Crop Improvement -- Crop Alteration and Biotechnology -- Conventional methods of Crop Improvement in Agriculture -- Developments in Cereal Production -- Agri-Biotechnologies and Agro-Food Studies -- Crop Production Technology -- Genetically Engineered Crops in Breeding -- Improved Methods of Crop Propagation -- Principles of Crop Production System -- Breeding Methods in Crop Plants.

"The global biotechnology Industry is exploiting Its limitless potential. This rapidly merging cutting edge technology is ushering novel changes in food and nutrition, security, healthcare and more so in crop improvement Plant biotechnology, a major component of agricultural biotechnology, deals with various aspects of plant tissue culture, genetic transformation, and molecular biology techniques. Tissue culture methods offer a rich scope for creation, conservation, and utilization of genetic variability for the Improvement of field, fruit, vegetable, and forest crops, and medicinal/aromatic plants. Micropropagation technology ensures true to type, rapid and mass multiplication of plants that possesses special significance in vegetatively propagated plant species. Crop Improvement technologies improve the potentialities of higher yield and food quality in crops. New varieties and hybrids of various crops released by various crop improvement techniques are ultimately aimed to increase the yield and better quality. But, these potentialities are realisable only when crops are managed and grown under conditions conducive to express their genetic potentialities. The techniques to release the potentialities of varieties and hybrids of various crops are termed as crop production techniques. The application of biotechnology to agriculturally important crop species has traditionally involved the use of selective breeding to bring about an exchange of genetic material between two parent plants to produce offspring having desired traits such as increased yields, disease resistance, and enhanced product quality. The exchange of genetic material through conventional breeding requires that the two plants being crossed (bred) are of the same, or closely related, species. Hopefully, this book will provide immense aid to those whose are either pursuing the courses of plant biotechnology or are engaged in research work."--Back cover

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