Heterosis And Hybrid Seed Production In Agronomic Crops

Author : Amarjit Basra
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9781560228769
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heterosis and Hybrid Seed Production in Agronomic Crops written by Amarjit Basra and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1999-10-07 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heterosis and Hybrid Seed Production in Agronomic Crops discusses how heterosis or “hybrid vigor” has played a major role in improving crop productivity and quality in order to feed the ever-increasing human population, particularly in developing countries. Plant breeders, agronomists, seed producers, and farmers will discover why the development of hybrids in the world's major food crops and why the methods of hybrid seed production are critical for achieving this goal. This landmark book deals with heterosis and hybrid seed production of major agronomic crops such as wheat, rice, maize, sorghum, cotton, sunflower, and rapeseed. Through Heterosis and Hybrid Seed Production in Agronomic Crops, you will discover valuable information on hybrid seed production methods that is not available in any other single volume. This unique book contains relevant and essential information about important procedures to help increase crop yield, including: methods for deriving second cycle inbred lines for hybrid maize possibilities for hybrid seed production in wheat techniques of hybrid sorghum seed production production of hybrid seeds using male sterile lines of cotton agronomic management in seed production plots of sunflower seed production technology of hybrid rapeseed advances in hybrid seed production technology of rice in China Heterosis and Hybrid Seed Production in Agronomic Crops gives you a global perspective on essential food crops in all parts of the world. This informative guide will help you use hybrid seed production methods with important agricultural crops and increase the quality of these vital and essential food sources.

Author : Amarjit S. Basra
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788123908175
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heterosis & Hybrid Seed Production in Agronomic Crops written by Amarjit S. Basra and published by . This book was released on 2002-02-01 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : CIMMYT.
Publisher : CIMMYT
ISBN 13 : 9789686923902
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Genetics and Exploitation of Heterosis in Crops written by CIMMYT. and published by CIMMYT. This book was released on 1997 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bidhan Roy
Publisher : New India Publishing Agency
ISBN 13 : 9789381450680
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Breeding, Biotechnology and Seed Production of Field Crops written by Bidhan Roy and published by New India Publishing Agency. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In modern days, crop improvement is a multidisciplinary division of agriculture. In this book, entitled, Breeding, Biotechnology and Seed Production of Field Crops, emphasis has been given on principles, methods and practices in plant breeding, biotechnology in crop improvement and seed production of field crops. The book has been written for all sections of learners, educators and staff-members of seed industries. Particular importance has been underlined for postgraduate students who specialize in plant breeding and seed science. Each chapter of the book has been designed as per the recommended of syllabus of Indian Council of Agricultural Research for the postgraduate students of various Agricultural Universities in our country. This book has been divided into two major parts- i) Principles of crop breeding and ii) Methods and practices of crop improvement and seed production of individual field crop. The book contains total of 18 chapteFirst three chapters are related to shed light on the basic-principles and remaining chapters deal with methods and practices of individual crop for improvement and seed production. We hope that the book will be ready to lend a hand to the advanced undergraduate students doing plant breeding in elective, postgraduate students who opted plant breeding, teachers, researchers and staff-members of private seed companies of this field of specialization.

Author : Nagendra Rai
Publisher : New India Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9788189422035
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heterosis Breeding in Vegetable Crops written by Nagendra Rai and published by New India Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With reference to India.

Author : Amarjit S. Basra
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9781560220749
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hybrid Seed Production in Vegetables written by Amarjit S. Basra and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2000-06-12 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Produce hardy, high-yield vegetables with hybrid seeds! From the Preface, by Amarjit S. Basra: “The phenomenon of heterosis, also referred to as 'hybrid vigor,’underlies much of the improvement in crop yields achieved in the twentieth century. The exploitation of heterosis in crop production is of vital importance in facing the challenge of providing food and nutritional security for an ever-increasing human population. “The effective use of heterosis has fostered the development of a worldwide seed industry. Rapid advances in plant breeding and associated seed production technologies have served to enhance the competitiveness of hybrids by increasing crop and seed yield per hectare, reducing the costs involved, and improving seed quality.” Hybrid Seed Production in Vegetables: Rationale and Methods in Selected Crops will help crop scientists and growers increase the quality and yield of vegetables such as: cucumbers cabbage pumpkins squash peppers onions gourds and the fruits watermelon and winter melon. This valuable book provides up-to-date research about heterosis, cultivars, hybrids, and molecular markers to help you get the most quality and quantity out of your seeds. Containing suggestions and methods for overcoming male plant sterility, inbreeding, and challenges to pollination, Hybrid Seed Production in Vegetables will help you successfully breed hybrid plants to produce bountiful and healthy crops.

Author : S.S. Banga
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9783540635239
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hybrid Cultivar Development written by S.S. Banga and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1998-10-13 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heterosis breeding based on male sterility has become established in many field crops and has been credited with high productivity. This book presents an update on the advent and promise of hybrids with comprehensive coverage of theoretical and applied aspects of heterosis breeding. Its principal elements are the hybrid advantage, pollination control mechanisms and finally the production of hybrid seeds. Individual crop specialists present in-depth analyses of intricacies involved in the development of hybrids of rice, wheat, maize, barley, pearl millet, sorghum, cotton, sunflower, rapeseed-mustard, castor, pigeonpea, tomato, onion, cole crops, peppers, and melon. The book will be used by researchers, teachers and students of botany, genetics, horticulture and plant breeding.

Author : Ratan Lal Agrawal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fundamentals of Plant Breeding and Hybrid Seed Production written by Ratan Lal Agrawal and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text explores the fundamentals of plant breeding and hybrid seed production. It examines issues including male sterility, composite and synthetic varieties and disease resistance breeding.

Author : S. S. Virmani
Publisher : Int. Rice Res. Inst.
ISBN 13 : 9712200531
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hybrid Rice Technology written by S. S. Virmani and published by Int. Rice Res. Inst.. This book was released on 1994 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This symposium is a follow-up to one held in China in 1986. Since then considerable progress has been made in research and development of hybrid rice. This second international symposium was held under the umbrella of the International Rice Research Conference. Eighty scientists and seed production experts from 18 countries, IRRI and FAO attended. Contributions covered breeding, biotechnology, seed production, agronomy, plant physiology, plant pathology, entomology and economics.

Author : S. S. Virmani
Publisher : Int. Rice Res. Inst.
ISBN 13 : 9712201031
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hybrid Rice Breeding Manual written by S. S. Virmani and published by Int. Rice Res. Inst.. This book was released on 1997 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heterosis breeding and hybrid rice; Male sterility systems in rice; Organization of hybrid rice breeding program using CMS system; Source nursery; CMS maintenance and evaluation nursery; Testcross nursery; Restorer purification nursery; Backcross nursery; Combining ability nursery; Breeding rice hybrids with TGMS system; Nucleus and breeder seed production of A, B, R, and TGMS lines; Seed production of experimental rice hybrids; Evaluation of experimental rice hybrids; Improvement of parental lines; Methods of enhancing the levels of heterosis; Quality assurance procedures in hybrid rice breeding.