| Description |
xxiii, 282 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Organic crop breeding: integrating organic agricultural approaches and traditional and modern plant breeding methods / Edith T. Lammerts van Bueren and James R. Myers -- Nutrient management in organic farming and consequences for direct and indirect selection strategies / Monika Messmer ... [et al.] -- Pest and disease management in organic farming: implications and inspirations for plant breeding / Thomas F. Doring ... [et al.] -- Approaches to breed for improved weed suppression in organically grown cereals / Steve P. Hoad ... [et al.] -- Breeding for genetically diverse populations: variety mixtures and evolutionary populations / Julie C. Dawson and Isabelle Goldringer -- Centralized or decentralized breeding: the potentials of participatory approaches for low-input and organic agriculture / Dominique Desclaux ... [et al.] -- Values and principles in organic farming and consequences for breeding approaches and techniques / Klaus P. Wilbois, Maaike Raaijmakers, and Edith T. Lammerts van Bueren -- Plant breeding, variety release and seed commercialisation: laws and policies applied to the organic sector / Véronique Chable ... [et al.] -- Wheat: breeding for organic farming systems / Matt Arterburn, Kevin Murphy, and Steve S. Jones -- Maize: breeding and field testing for organic farmers / Walter A. Goldstein ... [et al.] -- Rice: crop breeding using farmer led participatory plant breeding / Charito P. Mendina -- Soybean: breeding for organic farming systems / Johann Vollmann and Michelle Menken -- Faba bean: breeding for organic farming systems / Wolfgang Link and Lamiae Ghaouti -- Potato: perspectives to breed for an organic crop ideotype / Marjolein Tiemens-Hulscher, Edith. T. Lammerts van Bueren, and Ronald C.B. Hutten -- Tomato: breeding for improved disease resistance in fresh market and home garden varieties / Bernd Horneburg and James R. Myers -- Brassicas: breeding cole crops for organic agriculture / James R. Myers, Laurie McKenzie, and Roeland E. Voorrips -- Onion: breeding onions for low-input and organic agriculture / Olga E. Scholten and Thomas W. Kuyper. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Plant breeding.
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Organic farming.
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| Added Author |
Lammerts van Bueren, E. T. (Edith T.)
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Myers, James Robert.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780470958582 (hard cover : alk. paper) |
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9781119949978 (e-book) |
| OCLC # |
EBC822556 |
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