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Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Vegetable Crops, 1st ed. 2021
Volume 9: Fruits and Young Shoots
Coordinators: Al-Khayri Jameel M., Jain S. Mohan, Johnson Dennis V.
Language: EnglishSubject for Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Vegetable Crops:
Publication date: 08-2022
Support: Print on demand
Publication date: 08-2021
476 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Hardback
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Prof. Shri Mohan Jain is a Consultant and Plant Biotechnologist, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; received M. Phil, 1973 and Ph.D., 1978, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Prof. Dennis V. Johnson is a Consultant and Former University Professor. He is a graduate of the University of California Los Angeles where he completed his B.A. (1966), M.A. (1970) and Ph.D. (1972) degrees in geography, with specialization in agriculture and biogeography.
Reviews research advances in the genetic improvement of important vegetable crops
Combines conventional breeding and biotechnology for the improvement of individual crops
Presents achievements and prospects of innovative molecular breeding tools
Addresses biodiversity, conservation and utilization in reference to the global climate change
Provides appendixes of available genetic resources and concerned research institutes
Chapters are written by an assemblage of internationally reputed scientists
Concepts are illustrated with high quality 95 color figures and 56 tables