Overview
- Reviews research advances in the genetic improvement of important legume crops
- Combines conventional plant breeding and biotechnological approaches for the improvement of individual crops
- Presents achievements and prospects of innovative molecular breeding tools
- Addresses germplasm conservation, development and utilization in reference to the global climate change
- Chapters are written by an assemblage of internationally reputed scientists ad illustrated with high quality figures and tabulated data
- Provides appendixes of available genetic resources and concerned research institutes worldwide
- Concepts are illustrated with high quality color photos and diagrams
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About the editors
Prof. Jameel M. Al-Khayri is a Professor of plant biotechnology affiliated with the Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia. He received B.S. in Biology in 1984 from the University of Toledo, M.S. in Agronomy in 1988, and Ph.D. in Plant Science in 1991 from the University of Arkansas.
Prof. Shri Mohan Jain is a Consultant and Plant Biotechnologist, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; received M. Phil, 1973 and Ph.D., 1978, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Prof. Dennis V. Johnson is a Consultant and Former University Professor. He is a graduate of the University of California Los Angeles where he completed his B.A. (1966), M.A. (1970) and Ph.D. (1972) degrees in geography, with specialization in agriculture and biogeography.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Legumes
Book Subtitle: Volume 7
Editors: Jameel M. Al-Khayri, Shri Mohan Jain, Dennis V. Johnson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23400-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-23399-0Published: 17 October 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-23402-7Published: 17 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-23400-3Published: 08 October 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 522
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 69 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agriculture, Plant Sciences, Plant Genetics and Genomics