Broadening the Genetic Base of Grain Cereals
This book offers comprehensive coverage of important grain cereals including their origin and distribution, crop gene pool, level of diversity, production constraints, traits of importance for genetic base widening, crop improvement methodologies, genome
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oadening the Genetic Base of Grain Cereals
Broadening the Genetic Base of Grain Cereals
Mohar Singh • Sandeep Kumar Editors
Broadening the Genetic Base of Grain Cereals
Editors Mohar Singh
Sandeep Kumar
ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources Regional Station Shimla, HP, India
ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources New Delhi, India
ISBN 978-81-322-3611-5 ISBN 978-81-322-3613-9 DOI 10.1007/978-81-322-3613-9
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Preface
Worldwide, majority of grain cereals have intrinsically a narrow genetic base which has been exploited to the maximum levels of productivity. Further breakthroughs in enhancing yield and improving stability in future crop cultivars require the identification of useful materials with desirable traits of interest and their incorporation into the elite genetic background. Knowledge, access, and use of genetic diversity available in cultivated and wild relatives are essential for broadening the genetic base of cultivated species. In view of this context, an effort has been made to bring together the rather scattered research work done in this useful area in the form of an edited collection, a compilation that should be of great value to the researchers across the world. The book comprises a total of ten chapters on different cereals and millets, contributed by eminent researchers from various reputed institutions of the world. The introductory chapter describes some key issues linked to bottlenecks and wild species utilization on current trends of interspecific hybridization. The subsequent chapters deal with different aspects related to widening the genetic base of cultivated gene pool. Each chapter provides detailed information on crop genepool, evolutionary relationships and systematic
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