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Presented here are modern and classical aspects of§cytogenetics as well as biotechnology in relation to§improvement of the Festuca-Lolium group of grasses. Festuca§and its close relative Lolium are very valuable genera of§temperate agriculture. These fascinating genera contain§some highly productive, nutritious, and well-adapted grasses§widely used for agricultural and recreational purposes world§wide.§The book is organizedinto 15 chapters devoted to taxonomy§and systematics; species evolution and divergence by§increase in chromosome number as well as by change in DNA§content; genetic control of chromosome pairing and its§breeding and phylogenetic implications; B chromosomes,§induced polyploidy and haploidy inrelation to varietal§improvement; wide hybridization, genome relationships, and§plant improvement; genomic balance in relation to hybrid§fertility and hererosis breeding; biotechnology and its§potential applications in plant improvement.§It is of special interest to geneticists, taxonomists,§evolutionists, biotechnologists, and plant breeders.

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Book category Knihy po anglicky Mathematics & science Biology, life sciences Cellular biology (cytology)

• Full title: Cytogenetics of the Festuca-Lolium Complex
• Subtitle: Relevance to Breeding
• Author: Prem P. Jauhar
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 255
• EAN: 9783642840883
• ISBN: 3642840884
• ID: 06975459
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
• Weight: 423 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 155 × 16 mm
• Date of publishing: 30. December 2011

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