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Author Ladizinsky, Gideon

Title Studies in oat evolution : a man's life with Avena / Gideon Ladizinsky
Published Heidelberg ; New York : Springer, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (x, 87 pages) : illustrations
Series SpringerBriefs in agriculture, 2211-808X
SpringerBriefs in agriculture.
Contents Oat Morphology and Taxonomy -- My Research Findings in Avena -- Collection of Avena Wild Genetic Resources
Summary The book is based on the author's life time experience in exploring and researching the genus Avena. It describes some great events in oat research and minor stories along the way. It will be of interest and value to all those working with oats and to students and scientists of crop evolution, including those dealing with collecting and conserving wild genetic resources. A first part deals with the morphology and taxonomy of the genus and a classification based on the biological species concept is presented. A further part is devoted to the author's research accomplishments in this genus. It describes morphological characters distinguishing between diploids and tetraploids of series Eubarbatae, the genetic relationships between them, and the mode of origin of the tetraploid form. The section Denticulatae, to which the common oat belongs, is extensively treated. Further, oat domestication and the newly domesticated protein rich A. magna are described. A third part deals with wild genetic resources of oat
Analysis Life sciences
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-87)
Notes English
Subject Oats -- Genetics.
Oats -- Evolution
NATURE -- Plants -- General.
Oats -- Genetics
Form Electronic book
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