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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Titre(s) : Fodder crops and amenity grasses [Texte électronique] / Beat Boller, Ulrich K. Posselt, Fabio Veronesi, editors
Publication : New York ; London : Springer, 2010
Description matérielle : 1 ressource dématérialisée
Collection : Handbook of plant breeding ; v. 5
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Grassland provides the forage basis to feed ruminant animals for the production of
meat and milk ever since their domestication. With the introduction of improved crop
rotations at the end of the sixteenth century, grasses and legumes began to be also
grown to an important extent as forage crops on arable land. In the last decades the
importance of amenity grasses increased markedly, due to the demand of the society
for new usages like landscape protection. Some milestones in forage crop breeding
since it's beginning around 1900 were the invention of the polycross leading to the
replacement of open pollinated varieties by synthetic varieties, progeny testing,
breeding of amenity grasses, induction of tetraploidy in the ryegrasses and red clover,
and the introduction and application of molecular tools. The invention of the forage
plot harvester, computers, NIRS and other new technologies have led to a tremendous
increase in breeding intensity. The aim of "Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses", the
fifth volume in the book series "Handbook of Plant Breeding", is to collect current
knowledge in breeding research to serve breeders as well as researchers, students,
but also their academic teachers. It may be regarded as a scientific knowledge platform
which provides practical plant breeders with new scientific information, but also
to make molecular biologists more familiar with the peculiarities of breeding the
various species of fodder crops and amenity grasses. Because forage crops have many
topics in common and to avoid redundancy, the volume starts with 9 general chapters
devoted to: the role of forage crops in multifunctional agriculture, genetic resources,
breeding methodology, molecular tools, breeding objectives in forages as well as amenity
grasses, breeding for seed yield, variety testing and release, and an outlook into
the future. The second part comprises the 9 most important groups of temperate species
among the grasses, clovers and alfalfa. The chapters have been written by outstanding
breeders and scientists with wide experience in their crops and topics."--Publisher's
website
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Boller, Beat. Fonction indéterminée
Posselt, Ulrich K.. Fonction indéterminée
Veronesi, Fabio. Fonction indéterminée
Sujet(s) : Plantes fourragères -- Élevage
Graminées -- Élevage
Trèfles -- Élevage
Luzerne -- Élevage
Indice(s) Dewey : 633.208 23 (23e éd.) = Plantes fourragères (agriculture) - Mise au point de nouvelles variétés
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781441907608
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb446609641
Notice n° :
FRBNF44660964
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : The Role of Forage Crops in Multifunctional Agriculture / Dirk Reheul, Benny De Cauwer, and Mathias Cougnon ; Genetic Resources / Beat Boller and Stephanie L. Greene ; Breeding Methods in Cross-Pollinated Species / Ulrich K. Posselt ; Development and Application of Biotechnological and Molecular Genetic Tools / Roland Kölliker, Daniele Rosellini, and Zeng-Yu Wang ; Breeding Objectives in Forages / Michael D. Casler and Edzard van Santen ; Breeding Objectives in Amenity Grasses / Sheena Duller, Daniel Thorogood, and Stacy A. Bonos ; Breeding for Grass Seed Yield / Birte Boelt and Bruno Studer ; Control of Cultivar Release and Distribution / Trevor J. Gilliland ; Future Developments and Uses / Joseph H. Bouton ; Ryegrasses / Mervyn Humphreys, Ulf Feuerstein, Muriel Vandewalle, and Joost Baert ; Fescues / Odd Arne Rognli, Malay C. Saha, Suresh Bhamidimarri, and Stefan van der Heijden ; Festulolium / Marc Ghesquière, Michael W. Humphreys, and Zbigniew Zwierzykowski ; Cocksfo
