Breeding for durable disease and pest resistance
By: held in cooperation with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria, 25-29 October 1982.
Contributors: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture.; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Plant Protection Service.
Series: FAO plant production and protection paper ;; 55; FAO plant production and protection papers ;; 55.
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Rome
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
Subjects: Plants -- Disease and pest resistance -- Genetic aspects -- Congresses.; Food crops -- Disease and pest resistance -- Genetic aspects -- Congresses.; Plant breeding -- Congresses.; Food crops -- Breeding -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Organized by the Plant Protection Service of FAO.
Table of contents: title: Strategy of disease resistance breeding / N.W. Simmonds; title: Crop improvement to minimize future losses to diseases and pests in the tropics / Ivan W. Buddenhagen; title: Breeding for durable disease resistance in tropical maize with special reference to maize streak virus / J.M. Fajemisin ... [et al.]; title: Breeding for disease and pest resistance in pearl millet / R.J. Williams, D.J. Andrews; title: Breeding for disease resistance in rice / J.L. Notteghem; title: Breeding for disease and pest resistance in sorghum / A.T. Obilana, A.A. Adesiyum, and S.K. Manzo; title: Cowpea breeding for disease and insect resistance / B.B. Singh, S.R. Singh, and L.E. Jackai; title: Pigeon pea breeding for disease and pest resistance / J.F.M. Onim.