Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Using this book; Nomenclature and terminology; Measurements and dates; Initials and acronyms; Industrial and developing countries; Abbreviations and glossary; Introduction; Part I The science of plant breeding; 1 Origins of plant breeding; 2 Creating new genetic variation; 3 Modern high-tech breeding; Part II The societal context of plant breeding; 4 Rise of the public sector and the US pioneers; 5 Public sector breeding in the UK; 6 Breeding goes global: the Green Revolution and beyond
Summary
Up-to-date assessment of plant breeding and crop improvement; from its origins to present debates on genetically-modified food
