Book ID: 93565
Bos, Izak and Peter Caligari
Selection Methods Plant Breeding. 2007. Second edition. 2007. XII, 456 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
Provides a comprehensive review of the methods and underlyingtheoretical foundations used for selection in plant breeding programmes.The authors review basic elements of population and quantitative genetictheory, and consider in a unique way the tackling of the problems presented by soil heterogeneity and intergenotypic competition whenselecting quantitative characters.