Concise Encyclopedia of Crop Improvement

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Concise Encyclopedia of Crop Improvement is written by Rolf Schlegel and published by CRC Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1040218105 (ISBN 10) and 9781040218105 (ISBN 13).

How were today' complex approaches to improving crops developed? The quest for a steady food supply sparked plant breeding attempts over 12,000 years ago. The Concise Encyclopedia of Crop Improvement is a comprehensive resource explaining the development of crop improvement methods over the centuries. This extensive history of development is examined in detail, including influential individuals in the field, plant cultivation in Asia since the Neolithic time, techniques used in the Old World, and cropping in ancient America. The advance of scientific plant breeding in the twentieth century is extensively explored, including hybrid breeding, biotechnological improvement, and genetic manipulation.