| Description |
1 online resource (388 pages) : color illustrations |
| Series |
PBEA series |
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Plant Breeding E-Learning in Africa series
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| Contents |
About the PBEA series -- Basic principles of plant breeding -- Pedigree naming systems and symbols -- Genetic variation and germplasm usage -- Refresher on population and quantitative genetics -- Steps in cultivar development -- Breeding methods -- Participatory plant breeding and participatory variety selection -- Common bean breeding -- Cowpea breeding -- Millet breeding -- Rice breeding -- Sorghum breeding -- Sweetpotato breeding -- Groundnut breeding -- Cassava breeding -- Seed systems and certification -- Contributors -- Applied learning activities |
| Summary |
This textbook covers basic principles in the genetic improvement of crop plants. Emphasis is placed on methods of cultivar development in self-pollinating, cross-pollinating, and asexually propagating crops. Relevant examples of crop improvement research in Africa are utilized to cover factors affecting cultivar release, multiplication, and distribution of high-quality seed |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Attribution-NonCommercial |
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International CC BY-NC 4.0 cc https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ IaAS |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (Iowa State University Digital Press, viewed December 2, 2024) |
| Subject |
Plant breeding -- Textbooks
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Agronomy -- Textbooks
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Crop science -- Textbooks
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Earth sciences
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Science
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks
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Textbooks.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Suza, Walter P. (Walter Philip), editor.
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Lamkey, Kendall R., editor.
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Singh, Asheesh, contributor
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Mamo, Teshale, contributor
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Singh, Arti, contributor
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Barb, Jessica, contributor
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Fei, Shui-Zhang, contributor
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Mahama, Anthony A., editor
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Iowa State University. Digital Press, distributor, publisher.
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Open Textbook Library, distributor.
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