Wageningen, The Netherlands
March 2, 2011
The book ‘Breeding crops with resistance to diseases and pests’ was published on 1 March. The book provides important up-to-date information about plant-pathogen principles for plant breeders who wish to introduce resistance to diseases and pests into their crops.
A large part of the book deals with the many options that are open to breeders: testing seedlings or mature plants for resistance? In the greenhouse or in the field? With a mixture of pathogen strains or with a pure strain? Each of those choices has its advantages and disadvantages and these are discussed in clear terms.
The book contains numerous examples, further details and interesting exceptions, and these are typographically easily distinguishable from the main text; this makes it easy for students to separate main issues and side issues. The book also contains many self-test exercises with the answers and further information in the back of the book. The book also contains a terminology list with definitions.
‘Breeding crops with resistance to diseases and pests’ is not only of interest to students but also to practical plant breeders working in companies and institutions who are planning to set up a breeding programme for resistance.
This book fills a gap because an academic textbook on this subject had not been published until now. From now on it will be used in the lectures given by the Plant Breeding Chair Group.
‘Breeding crops with resistance to diseases and pests’ has been written by four authors with a lot of experience and expertise in resistance research of the Plant Breeding Chair Group of Wageningen University: Rients Niks (photo), Jan Parlevliet, Pim Lindhout and Yuling Bai. The book can be ordered from Wageningen Academic Publishers.
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