Book ID: 57413
Virmani, S. S.
Heterosis and Hybrid Rice Breeding. 1994. (Monogr. on Theoretical and Applied Genetics,vol.22). 26 figs. tabs. XIII,189 p. gr8vo. Cloth.
Rice is the msot important food crop of the developing world and thedemand for it is growing. Provided here is a concise account of hybridbreeding in rice, a newly deployed breeding approach to increase theyield. Research on heterosis, male sterility systems, outcrossingmechanisms, disease/insect management, and grain quality considerationsin hybrid rice are reviewed.