Physiological Bases for Maize Improvement
Contributors: Maria Elena Otegui (Editor); Gustavo A. Slafer (Editor)
Publisher: Haworth Press
Published: October 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9781560228899
Subjects: Cereal crops; Physiology; Agricultural History; Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Yields; Science/Mathematics; Agriculture - Agronomy; Food Science; Corn; Crop improvement
First sentence: From the almost quarter of a million recognized plant species in the world, only very few (less than 100 per million) are used as crops to satisfy virtually all the human requirements for food and fiber (Wittwer, 1980).