A.R. Dabolkar
This book deals with the various aspects of plant breeding, covering both the groups of crops –agricultural and horticultural. Explaining reproductive systems in crop plants, it discusses in detail self-incompatibility, male-sterility, plant genetic resources, genetic composition of crop plants, and breeding methods for self-pollinated as well as cross-pollinated crops. An elaborate discussion on inbreeding depression, hybrid vigour, hybrid varieties, ...