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Category : Crop improvement
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Use of Mutation Techniques for Improvement of Cereals in Latin America
Author: Somaclonal Variation and Induced Mutations in Crop Improvement
Author: S.M. JainPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401591253
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 615
Book Description
Genetic variability is an important parameter for plant breeders in any con ventional crop improvement programme. Very often the desired variation is un available in the right combination, or simply does not exist at all. However, plant breeders have successfully recombined the desired genes from cultivated crop gerrnplasm and related wild species by sexual hybridization, and have been able to develop new cultivars with desirable agronomie traits, such as high yield, disease, pest, and drought resistance. So far, conventional breeding methods have managed to feed the world's ever-growing population. Continued population growth, no further scope of expanding arable land, soil degradation, environ mental pollution and global warrning are causes of concern to plant biologists and planners. Plant breeders are under continuous pressure to improve and develop new cultivars for sustainable food production. However, it takes several years to develop a new cultivar. Therefore, they have to look for new technologies, which could be combined with conventional methods to create more genetic variability, and reduce the time in developing new cultivars, with early-maturity, and improved yield. The first report on induced mutation of a gene by HJ. Muller in 1927 was a major mi1estone in enhancing variation, and also indicated the potential applica tions of mutagenesis in plant improvement. Radiation sources, such as X-rays, gamma rays and fast neutrons, and chemical mutagens (e. g. , ethyl methane sulphonate) have been widely used to induce mutations.
Proceedings of the Second Temperate Rice Conference
Author: J. E. HillPublisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
ISBN: 9712201805
Category : Rice
Languages : en
Pages : 709
Book Description
Rice biotechnology; Rice genomics; Rice and the environment; Agronomy; Diseases; Entomology; Genetics; Quality; Weed science.
Mutation Breeding for Sustainable Food Production and Climate Resilience
Author: Suprasanna PennaPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9811697205
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 815
Book Description
This book highlights the recent progress on the applications of mutation breeding technology in crop plants. Plant breeders and agriculturists are faced with the new challenges of climate change, human population growth, and dwindling arable land and water resources which threaten to sustain food production worldwide. Genetic variation is the basis which plant breeders require to produce new and improved cultivars. The understanding of mutation induction and exploring its applications has paved the way for enhancing genetic variability for various plant and agronomic characters, and led to advances in gene discovery for various traits. Induced mutagenesis has played a significant role in crop improvement and currently, the technology has resulted in the development and release of more than 3600 mutant varieties in most of the crop plants with great economic impact. The field of ‘mutation breeding’ has come long way to become an important approach for crop improvement. This book covers various methodologies of mutation induction, screening of mutants, genome editing and genomics advances and mutant gene discovery. The book further discusses success stories in different countries and applications of mutation breeding in food crops, horticultural plants and plantation crops. This informative book is very useful to plant breeders, students and researchers in the field of agriculture, plant sciences, food science and genetics.
International Organizations and the Law of the Sea
Author: Barbara KwiatkowskaPublisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN: 9789041110046
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
Now in its 12th year, the "NILOS Documentary Yearbook" provides the reader with an excellent collection of documents related to ocean affairs and the law of the sea, issued each year by organizations, organs and bodies of the United Nations system. Documents of the UN General Assembly, Meeting of State Parties to the 1982 UN Law of the Sea Convention, ISBA, ITLOS, Follow-Up to the UN Straddling Fish Stocks and Small Island States Conferences, Panama Canal, ECOSOC, UNEP and UNCTAD are included first, followed by the documents of FAO, IAEA, IMO, UNESCO/IOC. As in the previous volumes, documents which were issued in the course of 1996 are reproduced, while other relevant documents are listed. The "NILOS Documentary Yearbook" has proved to be of invaluable assistance in facilitating access by the community of scholars and practitioners in ocean affairs and the law of the sea to essential documentation. The entry of the 1992 UN Law of the Sea Convention into force on 16th November 1994 and of the Part XI Agreement - on 28 July 1996, and progress in the implementation of Chapter 17 of Agenda 21, make continuation of this assistance of particular significance in the years to come. The members of the "Yearbook"'s Advisory Board are: Judges Abdul Koroma and Shigeru Oda of the ICJ, Judges Thomas Mensah, Dolliver Nelson and Tullio Treves of the ITLOS, as well as Rosalie Balkin, Edward Brown, Lee Kimball, Bernard Oxman and Shabtai Rosenne.
NPT Article IV
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Mutation Breeding
Author: A. M. van HartenPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521470742
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
An essential and comprehensive summary for all plant breeders.
The Annual Report for ...
Author: International Atomic Energy AgencyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
Pakistan Journal of Botany
Author: Annual Report
Author: International Atomic Energy AgencyPublisher:
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Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description