Breeding insect resistant crops for sustainable agriculture. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ramesh Arora, Surinder Sandhu, editors.
• Editors: Arora, Ramesh; Sandhu, Surinder
• Contents: Chapter 1. Insect-Plant Inter-Relationships -- Chapter 2. Insect Pests and Crop Losses -- Chapter 3. Advances in Breeding for Insect Resistance -- Chapter 4. Advances in Breeding for Resistance to Hoppers in Rice -- Chapter 5. Identification and Utilization of Resistance to Insect Pests in Grain Legumes: Progress and Limitations -- Chapter 6. Breeding for Aphid Resistance in Rapeseed Mustard -- Chapter 7. Breeding for Resistance to Insect Pests in Maize -- Chapter 8. Breeding for Insect Resistance in Sorghum and Millets -- Chapter 9. Incorporating Resistance to Insect-Pests in Cotton Cultivars-An Arduous Journey -- Chapter 10. Breeding Avenues in Fruit Crops for Imparting Resistance against Insect Pests -- Chapter 11. Breeding for Stem borer and Gall midge Resistance in Rice -- Chapter 12. Breeding for Insect Resistance in Mung bean and Urd bean -- Chapter 13. Insect Biotypes and Host Plant Resistance.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer Nature
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 632.7; Insect pests -- Control; Agricultural pests; Breeding; Natural immunity; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General; Agricultural pests; Breeding; Insect pests -- Control; Natural immunity; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811060564; 9811060568
• Related ISBNs: 9789811060557; 981106055X
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