Exploring climatic resilience through genetic improvement for food and income crops

Plant breeding has been one of the main drivers of crop yield gains during the past century. Breeding for yield improvement through resistance to pests and diseases and chemico-physical constraints to crop production has contributed immensely to food security, nutrition, and improved incomes across...

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Main Authors:	Chiona, M., Chigeza, G., Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas
Format:	Book Chapter
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Elsevier 2017
Subjects:	climate change food security plant breeding cassava breeding climatic resilience genetic improvement crop yields maize soybeans
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/88031