Dictionary of Plant Breeding

ISBN: 9781439802427 出版年：2009 页码：586 Schlegel, Rolf H J CRC Press

Arguably one of the oldest scientific traditions, plant breeding began in Neolithic times, with methods as simple as saving the seeds of desirable plants and sowing them later. It was not until the re-encounter with Mendel's discoveries thousands of years later that the genetic basis of breeding was understood. Developments since then have provided