Participatory Plant Quality Breeding: An Ancient Art Revisited by Knowledge Sharing. The Portuguese Experience.
This book chapter introduces the rationale for and advantages of participatory plant breeding (PPB) and presents a case study of PPB in maize in Portugal. It also describes an extension of the maize PPB programme using molecular data to increase the effectiveness of selection for quality traits. In addition, issues of seed dissemination and ownership are addressed, and future prospects considered.
| Theme | Technical Resources |
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| Subject | Plant breeding techniques and approaches |
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| Publisher | IN TECH |
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| Publication year | 2013 |
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| Regions | Europe |
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| Languages | English |
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| Resource type | Publications |
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| Resource link | https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/41024 |
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| Keywords | Best practices approaches and techniques; Agricultural biodiversity; Plant breeding |
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