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Fruit trees --- Fruit trees --- breeding methods --- breeding methods
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Triticosecale --- Triticosecale --- genetics --- genetics --- Selection. --- Selection --- Cereals --- Cereals
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Pest resistance --- Pest resistance --- breeding methods --- breeding methods --- Insecta --- Insecta --- Acarina --- Acarina --- Plant breeding --- Plant breeding --- Great Britain --- Great Britain
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This book is a collection of papers presented at the 2009 meeting of the Fodder Crops and Amenity grasses section of Eucarpia. It provides a unique source of information on the most recent results on genetic diversity and breeding in forage crops and turf species from Europe and overseas. It is organised in five sections. The first section is devoted to genetic resources which are the source of diversity for breeding but also a source of information for a better preservation of diversity through biogeography approaches. The second section focuses on changes which may occur in grassland and turf swards. These swards are plant communities which are likely to experience species and genetic changes. Population genetics provides keys to understand these changes in order to take them into account during breeding and sward management. The third section documents the genetic gains achieved during breeding while the fourth one gives a detailed presentation of the results and potential of molecular biology to better use the genetic diversity. Eventually, the fifth section investigates the potential of new structures of varieties either exploiting the heterosis or the interspecific hybridization.
Forage plants -- Breeding -- Congresses. --- Forage plants -- Genetic engineering -- Congresses. --- Forage plants -- Variation -- Congresses. --- Turfgrasses -- Breeding -- Congresses. --- Turfgrasses -- Genetic engineering -- Congresses. --- Turfgrasses -- Variation -- Congresses. --- Forage plants --- Turfgrasses --- Agriculture --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Agriculture - General --- Plant Sciences --- Breeding --- Variation --- Genetic engineering --- Turf grasses --- Life sciences. --- Agriculture. --- Plant science. --- Botany. --- Plant genetics. --- Plant breeding. --- Life Sciences. --- Plant Genetics & Genomics. --- Plant Sciences. --- Plant Breeding/Biotechnology. --- Plant Genetics and Genomics. --- Crops --- Plants --- Genetics --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Biology --- Natural history --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Floristic botany
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Grasslands cover a significant proportion of the land mass of the world, and play a pivotal role in global food production. At the same time we are faced with several challenges that affect the way in which we think about this valuable set of resources. The population of the world is expected to exceed 9 billion by 2050, and increase of about one third relative to today’s levels. This population increase will be focused in urban areas, and in what are currently viewed as “developing” countries, meaning that the buying power of this increased population will be greater – shifting the balance of demand from staple crops to high value items such as meat and dairy products. Overall that the world will have to approximately double agricultural output across all categories of food to meet the demands of this larger, urbanised population. This is occurring against a backdrop of equally large challenges in terms of global climate change. Agriculture is already a significant contributor to e.g. greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation and soil erosion. The situation is made more complex by an increased emphasis on biofuels as a solution for our imminent oil shortage, resulting in increased competition between land utilised for food and fuel. In short, agriculture must continue to feed the world, whilst not contributing to damaging it further. It must be sustainable. Plant breeding plays a significant but frequently understated role in meeting the challenges presented by this complex and changing scenario. However, plant breeding and improvement is itself undergoing radical change driven by technology. This book explores how forage and turf breeding is changing and adapting to meet these challenges using the technological advances being experienced in plant breeding as a whole.
Agriculture. --- Crop improvement -- Congresses. --- Forage plants -- Breeding -- Congresses. --- Grasses -- Breeding -- Congresses. --- Forage plants --- Turfgrasses --- Agriculture --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Plant Sciences --- Agriculture - General --- Breeding --- Agricultural biotechnology. --- Plant breeding. --- Agro-biotechnology --- Life sciences. --- Plant science. --- Botany. --- Plant genetics. --- Life Sciences. --- Plant Breeding/Biotechnology. --- Plant Genetics & Genomics. --- Plant Sciences. --- Crops --- Biotechnology --- Plant Genetics and Genomics. --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Biology --- Natural history --- Plants --- Genetics --- Floristic botany
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