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Title: Tropical Plant Breeding
Author : André Charrier, Michel Jacquot, Serge Hamon & Dominique Nicolas
Release Date : January 01, 2001
Genre: Agriculture,Books,Science & Nature,Professional & Technical,Engineering,
Pages : * pages
Size : 42586 KB

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Important advances in tropical plant breeding achieved by French research teams of Cirad, Inra and Ird, in collaboration with counterpart staff in tropical countries, are reviewed in the present publication. All 24 chapters focus on different plants, and include: in-depth analysis of trait diversity in cultivated forms and links with related wild species; overviews of breeding techniques and biotechnological innovations utilized by breeders; assessment of genetic progress, based on examples from varietal improvement and extension programmes.