Advances in breeding crops resistant to insect pests: rice as a paradigm

Advances in breeding crops resistant to insect pests: rice as a paradigmOver the last 60 years research involving the development and deployment of insect resistant crop cultivars has led to significant crop improvements in the major food producing areas of the world. This chapter discusses the history, status, latest methods, and challenges of breeding insect resistant rice varieties. The chapter examines host plant resistance as an ecological approach to managing crop pests and considers the process of evaluating

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Plant factories utilizing artificial light (PFALs) perform particularly well in terms of resource efficiency

These diseases are considered a major threat to the global pig industry

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The chapter analyses techniques of data collection and management in genebanks and germplasm distribution

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The chapter indicates the important avocado producing regions in the different countries and their characteristics and potentials

energy requirements and methods to improve the utilization of energy by the pig