Mutation breeding, genetic diversity and crop adaptation to climate change /

Mutation breeding, genetic diversity and crop adaptation to climate change /

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Imprint:	Oxfordshire : CAB International, [2021]
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Plant mutation breeding. Mutagenesis. Plant biotechnology. Mutagenesis. Plant biotechnology. Plant mutation breeding.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13430554

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Other authors / contributors:	Sivasankar, Shoba, editor. Ellis, Thomas Henry Noel, editor. Jankuloski, Ljupcho, editor. Ingelbrecht, Ivan, editor.
ISBN:	9781789249118 1789249112 9781789249101 1789249104 9781789249095
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Summary:	"International authors review achievements, new developments, trends and challenges in the field of plant mutation breeding, across the scientific community and the private sector. Chapters highlight specific challenges, such as emerging transboundary threats to crop production, and assess the overall importance of mutation breeding to food security"--
Other form:	Print version: Mutation breeding, genetic diversity and crop adaptation to climate change Oxfordshire : CAB International, [2021] 9781789249095

Table of Contents:

Section 1.
Contribution of crop mutant varieties to food security
Section 2.
Mutation breeding in crop improvement and climate-change adaptation
Section 3.
Mutation induction techniques for enhanced genetic variation
Section 4.
Mutation breeding in vegetatively propagated and ornamental crops
Section 5.
Induced genetic variation for crop improvement in the genomic era.