Modern plant breeding is a highly scientific process, drawing especially on advances made in genetics and genomics, molecular biology, cryobiology and biotechnology. This book gives the reader a twenty-first century perspective on all aspects of plant breeding, both in more experimental contexts and in industrial agricultural settings. The first part of the book, Plant Breeding from Laboratories to Fields, considers issues including the genetic upgradation of the opium poppy, breeding plants for drought resistance and the use of genetic markers to control common diseases on bean crops in Tanzania. In the second part, advanced approaches are considered, such as plant tissue cryopreservation and haploids in plant breeding. The final five chapters of the book deal with specific crop productions, discussing the breeding and reproduction of oilseed rape, castor beans, olives, sugarcane and brassicas. The development of adapted and sustainable crops is a pressing issue generating a huge amount of pioneering research, and this book will especially be of interest to those with an interest in the relationships between advances in genetic science and the future of food production.
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