Plant Sciences; production, genetics and breeding [Agrochemical Sciences and Agricultural Technology series] by Driscoll, Colin J - 1990

New York and London: Ellis Horwood Limited, 1990. Large octavo, pp 228, paperback, a very good copy. (Not illustrated). [The topics of agronomy, genetics and plant breeding are normally covered in separate volumes. This book provides a comprehensive text combining these areas. The book covers factors involved in, and the practice of, crop production together with details of the production of a number of world crops. There is coverage of the basis of inheritance and the principles of plant breeding and a series of exercises are included which cover the mathematical aspects of genetics and plant breeding. An elementary introduction to experimental design and statistics is followed by several case studies which consolidate the problem solving aspects previously discussed.]. Paperback. Very Good.