Advances in haploid production in higher plants
Éditeur :
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN :
9781402088537
Date de publication :
5 déc. 2008
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The importance of haploids is well known to geneticists and plant breeders. The discovery of anther-derived haploid Datura plants in 1964 initiated great excitement in the plant breeding and genetics communities as it offered shortcuts in producing highly desirable homozygous plants.