Beta maritima : The Origin of Beets / edited by Enrico Biancardi, Leonard W. Panella, J. Mitchell McGrath

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Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Springer eBooks Biomedical and Life Sciences | Springer eBook CollectionPublisher: Cham : Springer, 2020Edition: 2nd ed. 2020Description: 1 Online-Ressource (XXVI, 284 p. 107 illus., 69 illus. in color)ISBN:

9783030287481

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Additional physical formats: 9783030287474 | Erscheint auch als: 978-3-030-28747-4 Druck-AusgabeLOC classification:

SB123-123.5 S494.5.B563

DOI: DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-28748-1Online resources:

Summary: History And Current Status -- Geographic Distribution -- Physiology -- Ecology -- Taxonomy -- Employments -- Useful Traits -- Cultivated Offsprings -- Applications of Biotechnology -- Developments and PerspectivesSummary: This book, now in its second edition, provides researchers and operators a complete description of all aspects regarding the wild ancestor of sugar beet. The possibility of crossing modern crops with the ancestors from which they are derived in order to recover some traits lost through domestication is increasingly attracting interest. The selective process implemented by the first growers led to the elimination of features not considered useful at the time. Yet some of these lost traits have now become very important. In fact, in many areas sugar beet cultivation would now be impossible without the transfer of some genetic resistances from Beta maritima, the crop’s ancestor. Moreover, the isolation of such traits is becoming increasingly critical with regard to current and future environmental and economic considerations on e.g. the use of pesticides. This second edition replaces certain photographs and has been updated to reflect the latest advances and findings. One chapter and several sections have been rewritten, and significant revisions have been made throughout the text. The new techniques provide breeders with massively improved analytical means for the safest and fastest selection procedures. Not only will these techniques allow Beta maritima to take on a far greater role as a source of favorable traits; the relative ease with which these characteristics can be transferred will also make it possible to use the germplasm of the whole genus Beta and Patellifolia, which to date has been highly complex, if not impossible, due to the difficulties of hybridizationPPN: PPN: 1684967279Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-2-SBL | ZDB-2-SEB | ZDB-2-SXB

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