History of Plant Breeding

ISBN-13: 9781032095813 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 330 str.

Rolf H. J. Schlegel

Opis

While there has been great progress in the development of plant breeding over the last decade, the selection of suitable plants for human consumption began over 13,000 years ago. This book provides a comprehensive treatment of the development of crop improvement methods over centuries. It features an extensive historical treatment of development

Spis treści

Preface

Acknowledgment

Author

User’s Guide

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Plant Breeding Since 10,000 Years BC

Chapter 3 MENDEL’s Contribution to Genetics and Breeding

Chapter 4 Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering

Chapter 5 “Farmerceuticals,” “Nutraceuticals,” and Other Exotic Characters

Chapter 6 Intellectual Property Rights, Plant Variety Protection, and Patenting

Chapter 7 Germplasm Maintenance

Chapter 8 Future Developments

Chapter 9 In the Service of CERES・A Gallery of Breeders, Geneticists, and Persons Associated with Crop Improvement and Plant Breeding

Bibliography

Index

O autorze

Rolf H. J. Schlegel, Ph.D., D.Sc., is Professor of Cytogenetics and Applied Genetics, with over thirty years of experiences in research and teaching of advanced genetics and plant breeding in Germany and Bulgaria. Prof. Schlegel is the author of more than 150 research papers and other scientific contributions, co-coordinator of international research projects, and has been a scientific consultant at the Bulgarian Academy of Agricultural Sciences for several years. He received his Master’s degree in Agriculture and Plant Breeding, his Ph.D. and D.Sc. in Genetics and Cytogenetics from the Martin-Luther University Halle/S., Germany. Later he became Head of Laboratory of Chromosome Manipulation and the Department of Applied Genetics and Genetic Resources at the Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany, and the Head of the Genebank at the Institute of Wheat and Sunflower Research, General Toshevo/Varna, as well as at the Institute of Plant Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Sofia, Bulgaria. He was working as R & D director in a private company in Germany, and is now retired.