TY - BOOK ID - 7984699 TI - Rice : germplasm, genetics and improvement AU - Wengui Yan AU - Bao, Jinsong AU - Yan, Wengui PY - 2014 SN - 9535112406 9535142348 PB - IntechOpen DB - UniCat KW - Rice. KW - Lowland paddy KW - Lowland rice KW - Oryza sativa KW - Paddy (Plant) KW - Padi KW - Palay KW - Oryza KW - Life Sciences KW - Agronomy KW - Agricultural and Biological Sciences KW - Plant Genetics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7984699 AB - Rice is a staple food for half of the worlds population mostly in Asia. Productivity of rice has largely been improved since the Green Revolution in 1960s. Further improvement of rice yield is necessary to keep pace with population growth, which is a challenging task for breeders. This book, Rice - Germplasm, Genetics and Improvement, as its name implies, comprehensively reviews current knowledge in germplasm exploration, genetic basis of complex traits, and molecular breeding strategies in rice. In the germplasm part, we highlight the application of wild rice in rice breeding. In the genetics part, most of the complex traits related with yield, disease, quality have been covered. In the improvement part, Chinese experiences in hybrid rice breeding have been summarized together with many molecular breeding practices scattering in different chapters. ER -