What's new about crop plants [electronic resource] : novel discoveries of the 21st century / U.S. Gupta.

By: Gupta, U. S, 1940-Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Enfield, N.H. : Boca Raton, Fla. : Science Publishers ; Marketed and distributed by CRC Press, 2011. Edition: 1st edDescription: xx, 648 pISBN: 9781439856048 (ebook : PDF)Subject(s): Food crops -- Genetic engineering | Field crops -- Genetic engineering | Plant genetic engineering -- Health aspects | Transgenic plants -- Therapeutic use | Crop improvementGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleOnline resources: Click here to access online Also available in print edition.

Contents:

1. Qualitative improvement of crop plants -- 2. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) -- 3. Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) -- 4. Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) -- 5. Oat (Avena sativa L.) -- 6. Rye (Secale cereale L.) -- 7. Maize (Zea mays L.) -- 8. Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) -- 9. Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) -- 10. Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) -- 11. Cassava (Manihot esculenta L.) -- 12. Phaseolus beans -- 13. Vigna species -- 14. Broad bean (Vicia faba L.) -- 15. Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) -- 16. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) -- 17. Brassica vegetables -- 18. Cucurbita vegetables -- 19. Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) -- 20. Onion (Allium cepa L.) -- 21. Soybean (Glycine max L.) -- 22. Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) -- 23. Oilseed brassicas -- 24. Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) -- 25. Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) -- 26. Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) -- 27. Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.).

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