Plant Mutation Breeding and Biotechnology - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1780640854 ISBN 13 : 9781780640853

Editeur : CABI Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

This comprehensive book covers the underlying scientific principles, state-of-the-art technologies and methodologies of plant mutagenesis. It covers historical development and commonly used terminologies, chemical and physical mutagenesis, mutation induction, mutation breeding and mutations in functional genomics research. Suitable both as a manual for professionals and a resource for students in plant breeding and research, the book includes exemplary cases of practical applications and an appendix of recommended doses of gamma and fast neutron irradiation for almost 200 plant species. It is suitable for researchers, students and breeders in plant sciences and genetics.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr. Qing-Yao Shu is now a professor of plant breeding and biotechnology in Zhejiang University, China. He had worked as a plant geneticist and breeder in the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria for seven years, when he served as technical officer for several dozens of projects on plant mutation breeding and related biotechnologies in Asia, Africa and Europe. Dr. Shu has worked on rice mutation breeding and biotechnologies for more than twenty years, with significant achievement on both practical breeding (a dozen mutant rice new varieties that had been widely grown) and scientific researches (with 150 publications including 61 on international journals).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CABI Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1780640854
• ISBN 13: 9781780640853
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 616
• Éditeur: Shu Qing-Yao, Forster Brian, Nakagawa Hitoshi
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible