Adaptation in Plant Breeding: Selected Papers from the XIV EUCARPIA Congress on Adaptation in Plant Breeding held at Jyväskylä, Sweden from July 31 to August 4, 1995 (Developments in Plant Breeding) by P.M.A Tigerstedt
English | 1997 | ISBN: 9048147085 | 298 Pages | PDF | 8 MB
English | 1997 | ISBN: 9048147085 | 298 Pages | PDF | 8 MB
Plant adaptation is a fundamental process in plant breeding. It was the first criterion in the initial domestication of plants thousands of years ago. Adaptedness is generally a quantitative complex feature of the plant, involving many traits, many of which are quantitative. Adaptation to stresses like cold, drought or diseases are among the most central problems in a world grappling with global food security. Modern plant breeding, based on mendelian genetics, has made plant improvement more effective and more precise and selective.