The development of introgression lines of Triticum timopheevii in a cultivated wheat background and their characterisation

Achieving a sustainable supply of food in the face of the rise in the global population and climate change is a major challenge for plant breeders. Crop improvement through breeding is only possible where genetic variation is present in the breeder’s germplasm, but decades of intensive selection in...

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Main Author: Devi, Urmila
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2018
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48500/