New Genetical Approaches to Crop Improvement

Edited by Khushnood A. Siddiqui and Akhtar M. Faruqui


Hardbound with jacket. 1100 pages.
Price: U.S. $60/Rs. 350. 1986.

Plant Genetics has been instrumental in initiating and sustaining the first Green Revolution. In decades to come new genetical approaches will have to play a vital role in the wake of exploding world population. This book presents new information on 51 different crops. A galaxy of 213 plant scientists from the developed and developing countries critically examines the realities and possibilities of crop improvement with reference to the following topics.

  1. Somatic cell genetics and distant hybridization
  2. Mutagenesis
  3. Polyploidy, aneuploidy and chromosome substitution
  4. Quality characters in crops breeding and research
  5. The genetic basis of disease and pest resistance
  6. Significance of breeding systems selection theory and breeding for yield
  7. Physiological genetics and breeding for stress conditions in crops
  8. Relevance of molecular and biochemical mechanisms in crop improvement
Limited copies are available for sale and can be obtained from the Director Atomic Energy Agricultural Centre, Tandojam, Sind, Pakistan.


table of contents | BGN main index