商品簡介
Designed for professionals in crop biochemistry and agricultural engineering, this book is clearly written and understandable to workers in a variety of subfields. Its subject is creating mutation in chickpeas in order to make them more useful as crop plants. The author argues that traditional selective breeding has had limited results with chickpeas, and is too slow to improve crop performance in regions like India with exploding populations where they are a major human food. Similarly, genetic engineering is expensive and more likely to damage the plant's ability to function than to produce improved crops. Mutation, induced by physical or chemical means, is offered here as a proven solution. Case studies of both problems and successes are offered, with a chapter on high-yielding varieties and one on new technologies in mutation breeding. The book has a center section of color photographs, and an extensive bibliography centered on research from India and China. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
作者簡介
Dr Kozgar is actively engaged in independent research related to biodiversity, genetics and mutation breeding of food crops.
