Breeding for durable resistance in perennial crops.
Contributors: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Series: FAO plant production and protection paper ;; 70; FAO plant production and protection papers ;; 70.
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Rome
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
Subjects: Tropical crops -- Breeding -- Congresses; Tropical crops -- Disease and pest resistance -- Genetic aspects -- Congresses
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
"Results from a working group which met in Rome from 17 to 20 December 1984"--Pref.
Table of contents: title: Strategies for disease resistance breeding in tropical perennial crops / N.W. Simmonds; title: Bananas, Musa CVS / N.W. Simmonds; title: Cacao, Theobroma cacao /B.G.D. Bartley; title: Cacao, Theobroma cacao 2 / R.A. Muller; title: Coffees, Coffea spp. / N.A. van der Graaff; title: Coffee, Coffea spp. 2 / R.A. Muller; title: Oil palm, Elaeis guineensis / N.W. Simmonds; title: Rubber, Hevea brasiliensis / Ho Chai Yee; title: Sugarcane, Saccharum cvs / N.W. Simmonds.