Ciba Foundation Symposium 97 - Better Crops for Food

Copyright © 1983 Ciba Foundation

Ciba Foundation Symposium 97 - Better Crops for Food

Editor(s): Jonathan Nugent, Maeve O'Connor

Published Online: 30 MAY 2008

Print ISBN: 9780272797297

Online ISBN: 9780470720783

DOI: 10.1002/9780470720783

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Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–viii)

    2. Chapter 1

      Chairman's Introduction (pages 1–3)

      E.A. Bell

    3. Chapter 2

      Better Crops for Food—An Overview (pages 4–15)

      C. R. W. Spedding

    4. Chapter 3

      Nutritional Aspects of Improvements in Legume Seed Crops (pages 16–27)

      D. Boulter

    5. Chapter 4

      Status of New Nitrogen Inputs for Crops (pages 28–48)

      Ralph W. F. Hardy, Peter G. Heytler and Ross M. Rainbird

    6. Chapter 5

      Variation in and Genetics of Certain Antinutritional and Biologically Active Components of Soybean Seed (pages 49–60)

      Theodore Hymowitz

    7. Chapter 6

      Crops Tolerant of Salinity and Other Mineral Stresses (pages 61–82)

      Emanuel Epstein

    8. Chapter 7

      Intercropping Studies with Annual Crops (pages 83–100)

      R. W. Willey, M. Natarajan, M. S. Reddy, M. R. Rao, P. T. C. Nambiar, J. Kannaiyan and V. S. Bhatnagar

    9. Chapter 8

      Multiple Land-Use and Agroforestry (pages 101–115)

      P. K. R. Nair

    10. Chapter 9

      An Integrated Disease and Pest Management Scheme, EPIPRE, for Wheat (pages 116–129)

      J.C. Zadoks

    11. Chapter 10

      Maximizing Hybrid Vigour in Autotetraploid Alfalfa (pages 130–143)

      E. T. Bingham

    12. Chapter 11

      New Food Legume Crops for the Tropics (pages 144–160)

      Nazmul Haq

    13. Chapter 12

      Germplasm Preservation (pages 161–176)

      Donald K. Dougall

    14. Chapter 13

      Somaclonal Variation and Genetic Improvement of Crop Plants (pages 177–197)

      William R. Scowcroft and Philip J. Larkin

    15. Chapter 14

      Applications of Molecular Biology in Plant Breeding: The Detection of Genetic Variation and Viral Pathogens (pages 198–212)

      R. B. Flavell, R. J. Kemble, R. E. Gunn, A. Abbott and D. Baulcombe

    16. Chapter 15

      Protoplast Fusion and Transformation (pages 213–236)

      O. Schieder, P. P. Gupta, G. Krumbiegel and T. Hein

    17. Chapter 16

      Chairman's Closing Remarks (pages 237–238)

      E.A. Bell

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      Index of Contributors (page 239)

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      Subject Index (pages 240–248)

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