The first edition of this higly regarded text was published in 1979 to provide a general introduction to the principles of plant breeding. It has been out of print since late 1993 and a new edition is long overdue as there are no up to date and comprehensive single volumes on the subject in print. The original text has been amended and enhanced where there have been advances in plant breeding to provide coverage of recent developments relevant to crop improvement which as intellectual property rights, biotechnology and the use and conservation of genetic resources. The emphasis of the text will be, as it was for the first edition, on the principles of plant breeding and the expanded range of techniques now available for effective crop improvement.
Edited by:
Norman Simmonds, J. Smartt (Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, UK) Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell Country of Publication: United States Edition: 2nd edition Dimensions:
Height: 250mm,
Width: 150mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 1.021kg ISBN:9780632041916 ISBN 10: 0632041919 Pages: 424 Publication Date:25 May 1999 Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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A / AS level
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Norman Simmonds is the editor of Principles of Crop Improvement, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley. Joseph Smartt, was a British geneticist with major contributions to the knowledge of crop evolution, especially of grain legumes.