What's new about crop plants : novel discoveries of the 21st century /
Gupta, U. S.,1940-
Enfield, N.H. : Science Publishers ; Boca Raton, Fla. ; Abingdon : Marketed and distributed by CRC Press,
c2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Qualitative improvement of crop plants -- Rice (oryza sativa l.) -- Wheat (triticum aestivum l.) -- Barley (hordeum vulgare l.) -- Oat (avena sativa l.) -- Rye (cecale cereale l.) -- Maize (zea mays l.) -- Sorghum (sorghum bicolor (l.) moench) -- Potato (solanum tuberosum l.) -- Sweet potato (ipomoea batatas (l.) lam.) -- Cassava (manihot esculenta l.) -- Phaseolus beans -- Vigna species -- Broad bean (vicia faba l.) -- Chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) -- Tomato (solanum lycopersicum l.) -- Brassica vegetables -- Cucurbita vegetables -- Spinach (spinacia oleracea l.) -- Onion (allium cepa l.) -- Soybean (glycine max l.) -- Peanut (arachis hypogaea l.) -- Oil seed brassicas -- Sunflower (helianthus annuus l.) -- Sugarcane (saccharum spp.) -- Cotton (gossypium hirsutum l.) -- Tobacco (nicotiana tabacum l.).
Food crops
Field crops
Plant genetic engineering
Transgenic plants
Crop improvement.