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  • Genetics of Domestications

    by Georges Pelletier ...
    Series series ISTE Invoiced
    The domestication of plants, animals and microorganisms has enabled the development of agriculture, animal husbandry, the processing of their products and, ultimately, civilizations.The species concerned by domestication, the regions of the world where it could take place, the clues that enable us to identify wild ancestors, the particularly morphological or physiological properties that ... Read more

    $188.99 CAD

  • Trajectories of Genetics

    Edited by Bernard Dujon, Georges Pelletier ...
    As genetics becomes increasingly important in our everyday environment, misinterpretation of its scientific foundation leads to mixed feelings of hope and fear about the potential of its applications. Trajectories of Genetics uncovers the many facets of genetics - from humans to animals, plants, and the microscopic world through more than a century of scientific progress. It summarizes the ... Read more

    $174.99 CAD

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    The New Science of Human Evolution

    by Eugene E. Harris ...
    The complete DNA molecules comprising the human genome were deciphered two decades ago. With this discovery began a remarkable genomic voyage back in time yielding a new science of human evolution. We are just beginning to unravel our full genomic history and answering age-old questions about how and when we evolved. For the first time, we are finding our ancestors in our genome and gleaning ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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  • Principles of Plant Genetics and Breeding

    by George Acquaah ...
    To respond to the increasing need to feed the world's population as well as an ever greater demand for a balanced and healthy diet there is a continuing need to produce improved new cultivars or varieties of plants, particularly crop plants. The strategies used to produce these are increasingly based on our knowledge of relevant science, particularly genetics, but involves a multidisciplinary ... Read more

    $118.99 CAD

  • Principles of Plant Genetics and Breeding

    by George Acquaah ...
    The revised edition of the bestselling textbook, covering both classical and molecular plant breedingPrinciples of Plant Genetics and Breeding integrates theory and practice to provide an insightful examination of the fundamental principles and advanced techniques of modern plant breeding. Combining both classical and molecular tools, this comprehensive textbook describes the multidisciplinary ... Read more

    $118.99 CAD

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of wheat Volume 1

    Breeding, quality traits, pests and diseases

    by Dr Jacques Le Gouis, Prof Malcolm J. Hawkesford, Prof. Martin A. J. Parry, João Paulo Pennacchi, Luis Robledo-Arratia, Elizabete Carmo-Silva, Xinguo Mao, Delong Yang, Prof Ruilian Jing, Dr D. Z. Skinner, Dr Paula Bramel, Prof. A. S. Ross, Dr Ian Batey, Victoria Ndolo, Prof Trust Beta, Albrecht Serfling, Doris Kopahnke, Antje Habekuss, Fluturë Novakazi, Prof Frank Ordon, Prof. Z. A. Pretorius, Dr Kellye Eversole, M. Ayliffe, R. L. Bowden, L. A. Boyd, R. M. DePauw, Y. Jin, R. E. Knox, R. A. McIntosh, R. F. Park, R. Prins, E. S. Lagudah, Jane Rogers, Volker Mohler, Mohan Kohli, Prof. James Anderson, Dr Indu Sharma, Pramod Prasad, Subhash C. Bhardwaj, Dr Marion O. Harris, J. Jacob, Prof Beat Keller, Dr P. R. Brown, Guiping Yan, Kirk Anderson, M El-Bouhssini, Frank Peairs, Steven Xu, Prof. Sanford D. Eigenbrode, Sarina Macfadyen, Dr Abie Horrocks, Rudi Appels, Melanie Davidson, Paul Horne, Jessica Page, Dr Neil Harker, John O'Donovan, Breanne Tidemann, Catherine Feuillet, Dr Alison R. Bentley, Ian Mackay, Professor Gary L. Hein, Professor Hermann Buerstmayr, Professor Stephen Wegulo ...
    Series Book 5 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Discusses ways of ensuring genetic diversity, advances in wheat breeding and their use to improve properties such as drought resistance and cold tolerance;Summarises research on factors affecting nutritional and other aspects of wheat quality;Reviews advances in understanding wheat pests and diseases together with ways of controlling them such as disease-resistant varieties, integrated pest and ... Read more

    $259.99 CAD

  • Crop Adaptation to Climate Change

    by Shyam Singh Yadav, Jerry L. Hatfield, Hermann Lotze-Campen, Robert J. Redden, Anthony E. Hall ...
    A major task of our time is to ensure adequate food supplies for the world's current population (now nearing 7 billion) in a sustainable way while protecting the vital functions and biological diversity of the global environment. The task of providing for a growing population is likely to be even more difficult in view of actual and potential changes in climatic conditions due to global warming, ... Read more

    $327.99 CAD

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of tomatoes

    by Dr A. K. Mattoo, A. Simonne, M. Ozores-Hampton, Dr E. Simonne, Dr Martine Dorais, L. E. P. Peres, D. S. Reartes, M. H. Vicente, Dr A. Zsögön, Lawrence Kenyon0, Dr Andreas W. Ebert1, Prof. A. K. Handa3, K. K. Mandadi4, S. C. Irigoyen5, Dr C. A. Avila6, Dr Y. Bai7, Junming Li8, B. Kaur9, E. Albert0, Dr M. Causse1, K. Wang2, Prof. H Czosnek3, Dr Moshe Lapidot4, Dr R. Srinivasan5, Dr R. Muniappan6, Euro Pannacci7, W. L. Araújo8, Prof. Francesco Tei9, Mônica Macedo0, Marcela Vasquez-Mayorga1, Robert L. Gilbertson2, F. Vidavski3, A. Koren4, Ilan Levin5, P. Adhikari6, J. P. Kressin7, C. Nick8, F. T. Delazari9, V. S. Almeida0, Prof. D. J. H. Silva1, A. Gazula2, Emeritus Professor Ken Boote3, Dr Dilip R. Panthee4, Dr Christopher Sauvage5 ...
    Series Book 7 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Discusses developments in good agricultural practice from crop growth models to improved water and nutrition management;Reviews advances in understanding plant physiology and genetic diversity as well as their contribution to improvements in breeding;Summarises recent research on diseases and pests as well as their control through developing disease-resistant varieties or integrated weed ... Read more

    $243.99 CAD

  • Apomixis in Plants

    by Lenn Jerling ...
    Apomixis in Plants presents a comprehensive review of different aspects of asexual seed formation in plants. This is important in plant research since apomixis could greatly facilitate breeding in important crops. It is also interesting theoretically because it carries problems related to genetic variation and evolution to its extreme. The book features a broad selection of topics, including a ... Read more

    $585.99 CAD

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of sugarcane Volume 2

    Breeding, pests and diseases

    by Prof. Philippe Rott, Dr Phillip Jackson, James R. Todd, Dr Per McCord, Prof. Fredy Alpeter, Ratna Karan, Dr Nicole Thompson, Dr Philippe Roumagnac, Jean-Heinrich Daugrois, Denis Filloux0, Dimitre Mollov1, Xiping Yang2, Dr Rasappa Viswanathan3, A. Ramesh Sundar4, R. Selvakumar5, P. Malathi6, Dr Claudia Monteiro-Vitorello7, Patricia Dayane Carvalho Schaker8, Juliana Benevenuto9, Natália de Sousa Teixeira e Silva0, Sintia Silva de Almeida1, R. Stuart Rutherford2, Ramkrishna Kandel3, Dr Kathy Braithwaite4, Dr Monique Royer5, Isabelle Pieretti6, Stéphane Cociancich7, Dr Graham R. Stirling8, Dr Francois-Regis Goebel9, Julien M. Beuzelin0, Mike J. Way1, Dr Jack C. Comstock2, Jian Song3, Sushma G. Sood4, Dr Calvin Odero5, Qian You6, Mengjuan Wang7, Dr Jianping Wang8, Dr Frederick C. Botha9, Dr Anna L. Hale0 ...
    Series Book 38 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Covers key advances in breeding, including conventional, marker-assisted and transgenic breeding techniquesSummarises key advances in understanding bacterial, fungal and viral diseases of sugarcaneAssesses best practice in integrated disease, pest and weed management ... Read more

    $231.99 CAD

  • Plant Genetics and Breeding Simplified

    by Chanakya Varman ...
    "Plant Genetics and Breeding Simplified" explores the fundamental principles and modern techniques of plant breeding, rooted in the science of genetics. We delve into the science of altering plant traits to achieve desired characteristics, primarily aimed at improving the nutritional quality of products for humans and animals.Historically, plant breeders relied on classical tools to develop new ... Read more

    $42.46 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Understanding Flowers and Flowering Second Edition

    by Beverley Glover ...
    Flowers are the beautiful and complex reproductive structures of the angiosperms, one of the most diverse and successful groups of living organisms. The underlying thesis of this book is that to fully understand plant development (and why flowers differ in shape, structure and colour), it is necessary to understand why it is advantageous for them to look like they do. Conversely, in order to fully ... Read more

    $84.99 CAD