Preface; 1. General introduction; 2. History of mutation breeding; 3. Nature and types of mutation; 4. Induction of mutations; 5. In vitro techniques for mutation breeding; 6. Mutation breeding in seed propagated crops; 7. Mutation breeding in vegetatively propagated crops; References; Index.
An essential and comprehensive summary for all plant breeders.
'The book will be much desired on the shelf of young undergraduate
and graduate geneticists and plant breeders. There is also no doubt
that everyone who has been working on application of induced
mutations in crop breeding programmes will read this book with
great pleasure, admiring its attractive style of presentation and
the enormous amount of well organized data on the golden age of
mutation breeding.' Heredity
'This book delivers everything promised in its title, and much
more. Advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and research
scientists will find this book an interesting and comprehensive
treatment of mutation and mutation breeding … it should be
enjoyable and productive reading for anyone interested in plant
genetics and breeding.' Edwin Bingham, Crop Science
'All in all, the author is to be commended for bringing together
information from diverse sources and presenting it in readable
form, so that a breeder contemplating the use of mutation breeding
procedures has the wherewithal to make a rational decision.' Edward
J. Ryder, Horticultural Science
'… it was a pleasure to read this book. It offers a large amount of
information about mutation breeding in a well-balanced
presentation. I recommend this book not only to breeders, but also
to geneticists, who will profit from reading it.' F. Siegemund
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