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Heterosis and Hybrid Seed Production in Agronomic Crops

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Heterosis and Hybrid Seed Production in Agronomic Crops

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Book ISBN : 1560228776

Format : Softcover

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Pages : 270 pp. with Index.

Publisher : Food Product Press
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Amarjit S. Basra, PhD Botanist (Associate Professor), Department of Botany, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana,India. Format: Softcover, Number of pages: 270 pp. with Index. Publication Date: 1999. Heterosis and Hybrid Seed Production in Agronomic Crops discusses how heterosis or “hybrid vigor” has played a major role in improving crop productivity and quality in order to feed the ever-increasing human population, particularly in developing countries. Plant breeders, agronomists, seed producers, and farmers will discover why the development of hybrids in the world's major food crops and why the methods of hybrid seed production are critical for achieving this goal. This landmark book deals with heterosis and hybrid seed production of major agronomic crops such as wheat, rice, maize, sorghum, cotton, sunflower, and rapeseed.

Through Heterosis and Hybrid Seed Production in Agronomic Crops, you will discover valuable information on hybrid seed production methods that is not available in any other single volume. This unique book contains relevant and essential information about important procedures to help increase crop yield, including:

methods for deriving second cycle inbred lines for hybrid maize
possibilities for hybrid seed production in wheat
techniques of hybrid sorghum seed production
production of hybrid seeds using male sterile lines of cotton
agronomic management in seed production plots of sunflower
seed production technology of hybrid rapeseed
advances in hybrid seed production technology of rice in China

Heterosis and Hybrid Seed Production in Agronomic Crops gives you a global perspective on essential food crops in all parts of the world. This informative guide will help you use hybrid seed production methods with important agricultural crops and increase the quality of these vital and essential food sources.

Table of contents: Contents About the Editor

Contributors
Chapter 1: Genetic Basis of Heterosis: Search for a New Paradigm
Introduction
The Origins of the Existing Paradigm
Limitations of the Existing Paradigm
Recent Developments
Search for a New Paradigm
Chapter 2: Hybrid Seed Production in Maize
Introduction
Historical Perspective
Stages of Hybrid Maize Production
Large-Scale Hybrid Seed Production
Hybrids Through the Years
Future Prospects for Cultivar Development
Chapter 3: Advances in Hybrid Rice Seed Production Techniques
Introduction
Factors Influencing Hybrid Seed Production
Research and Practice for Enhancing Seed Purity
Conclusion
Chapter 4: Possibilities for Hybrid Seed Production in Wheat
Introduction
The Female Parent: Obtaining the Male-Sterile Line
The Male Parent: Selecting the Pollinator Line
Cross-Fertilization: Producing Hybrid Seeds
Conclusion
Chapter 5: Hybrid Seed Production in Sorghum
Global Trends
History of Commercial Hybrid Development of Sorghum
Sorghum Hybrids: Diffrent Classes od Seed
Techniques of Hybrid Sorghum Seed Production
Harvesting and Threshing, Processing and Storage
Seed Certification
Seed-Producing Agencies
Future Outlook of Sorghum Hybrid Seed Production
Chapter 6: Hybrid Seed Production in Cotton
Heterosis Utilization in Cotton
Expression of Hybrid Vigor
Genetic Basis of Heterosis Expression
Hybrid Seed Production by Hand Emasculation and Pollination Procedures
Production of Hybrid Seeds Using Male-Sterile Lines
Other Approaches
Chapter 7: Heterosis and Hybrid Seed Production in Sunflower
Advent of High Oil Sunflower
Landmarks in Hybrid Sunflower Development
Studies on Inbreeding
Heterosis
Development of Hybrid Sunflower in India
Hybrid Seed Production
Agronomic Management in Seed Production Plots
Need for Proper Maintenance
Chapter 8: Hybrid Seed Production in Rapeseed
Basic Priniciples of Hybrid Seed Production in Rapeseed
The Environment, Parent, and Medium System of Hybrid Seed Production and Reproduction of the Parents
The Purification and Reproduction Technology of Hybrid Rapeseed Parents
Seed Production Technology of Hybrid Rapeseed
Index
Reference Notes Included