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The 40th anniversary of the foundation for agricultural plant breeding SVP and the evolution of plant breeding research

โœ Scribed by A. H. Eenink


Publisher
Springer
Year
1988
Tongue
English
Weight
320 KB
Volume
39
Category
Article
ISSN
0014-2336

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โœฆ Synopsis


From the beginning of this century plant breeding and breeding research in the Netherlands passed through a significant phase of evolution . This both applies for private breeding firms and for research institutes such as SVP .

Present and future research will result in the genetical unravelling of a variety of processes and characteristics in agricultural crops concerning biochemical pathways, and physiological parameters of quality, food safety, resistance, growth and stress tolerance .

A variety of developments in plant breeding is described including the optimistic perspectives of cell and molecular techniques and some possible draw backs .


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