Gupta, U. S., 1940-.

What's new about crop plants : novel discoveries of the 21st century / U.S. Gupta. - 1st ed. - Enfield, N.H. : Boca Raton, FL : Science Publishers ; Marketed and distributed by CRC Press, c2011. - xx, 648 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Qualitative improvement of crop plants -- Rice (oryza sativa l.) -- Wheat (triticum aestivum l.) -- Barley (hordeum vulgare l.) -- Oat (avena sativa l.) -- Rye (cecale cereale l.) -- Maize (zea mays l.) -- Sorghum (sorghum bicolor (l.) moench) -- Potato (solanum tuberosum l.) -- Sweet potato (ipomoea batatas (l.) lam.) -- Cassava (manihot esculenta l.) -- Phaseolus beans -- Vigna species -- Broad bean (vicia faba l.) -- Chickpea (cicer arietinum l.) -- Tomato (solanum lycopersicum l.) -- Brassica vegetables -- Cucurbita vegetables -- Spinach (spinacia oleracea l.) -- Onion (allium cepa l.) -- Soybean (glycine max l.) -- Peanut (arachis hypogaea l.) -- Oil seed brassicas -- Sunflower (helianthus annuus l.) -- Sugarcane (saccharum spp.) -- Cotton (gossypium hirsutum l.) -- Tobacco (nicotiana tabacum l.).

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Food crops--Genetic engineering.
Field crops--Genetic engineering.
Plant genetic engineering--Health aspects.
Transgenic plants--Therapeutic use.
Crop improvement.

SB123.57 / .G87 2011

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