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recently, plant breeders have depended primarily on classical tools to develop new and improved products for producers and consumers, However, with the advent of biotechnology, breeders are increasingly incorporating molecular tools in their breeding work, In recognition of the current state of methods and their application, this text introduces both classical and molecular tools for plant breeding.
Topics such as biotechnology in plant breeding, intellectual property, risks, emerging concepts decentralized breeding, organic breeding, and more are addressed in this state of the art text.
The finalchapters provide a useful reference on breeding the largest and most common crops, In addition, overplant breeders share their professional experiences while illustrating concepts in the text,
Features include:
Comprehensive presentation of both classical and molecular plant breeding tools
Industry highlight essays from overprofessional plant breeders
Chapter introductions, summaries and discussion questions
Easy reference glossary
Reference chapters on breedingof the largest and most common crops
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