In the introduction an overview of the reproduction and mating systems is presented. The
major part of the chapter is dedicated to the breeding of population varieties (OPVs and …

Apple belongs to the genus Malus within the Rosaceae family, which includes some of the
most commercially prominent fruit crops: pears, plums, peaches, nectarines, prunes …

1. Molecular breeding of forage and turf plants and their endosymbionts has entered the
postgenomic era with a large amount of structural genomics information and genomic …

White clover is an important pasture legume of temperate regions, generally through co-
cultivation with a pasture grass in a mixed-sward setting. White clover provides herbage with …

Los procesos de evolución natural de especies forrajeras templadas han generado un
aumento de diversidad genética que se ha capitalizado parcialmente en la colecta y …

All impacts to our environment, including agriculture and grassland management, are tied
directly or indirectly to world population and its continued growth. It is estimated that it took …

Feeding value may be considered as the product of feed intake, digestibility of the feed and
the efficiency of utilisation of the digested feed (Humphreys, 1989 c). Improving the feeding …

Ryegrasses (Loliumspp) are among the most important pasture, forage and turf grasses in
the world. Together with the closely related fescues (Festuca spp), ryegrasses are one of the …