Plant breeders have always faced a brutal trade-off: the traits that matter most for food security, like drought tolerance or ...

Crops increasingly need to thrive in a broader range of conditions, including drought, salinity, and heat. Traditional plant ...

This comprehensive book covers the underlying scientific principles, state of the art technologies and methodologies of plant mutagenesis. It covers historical development and commonly used ...

Vol. 152, No. 1, Special Issue: ENHANCEMENT OF BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN FIXATION OF COMMON BEAN IN LATIN AMERICA (May (I) 1993), pp. 81-85 (5 pages) Genetic variation among existing cultivars and in ...

The PBGL is part of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture. It carries out adaptive research and development in developing more efficient methods in plant mutation ...

BANGI, Sept 30 (Bernama) -- Nuclear technology plays a key role in boosting agricultural yields, including the development of new, more versatile kenaf crop varieties. Using gamma-ray-induced mutation ...