Hybrid Seed Production for Boosting Crop Yields : Applications, Challenges and Opportunities / edited by Amrit Lamichaney, Ashok Kumar Parihar, Abhishek Bohra, Pradip Karmakar, S. J. Satheesh Naik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lamichaney, Amrit.

Contributor:

Parihar, Ashok Kumar.

Bohra, Abhishek.

Karmakar, Pradip.

Naik, S. J. Satheesh.

Series:

Biomedical and Life Sciences Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agricultural biotechnology.

Agricultural genome mapping.

Agronomy.

Agricultural Biotechnology.

Agricultural Genetics.

Local Subjects:

Agricultural Biotechnology.

Agricultural Genetics.

Agronomy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (708 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2025.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2025.

Summary:

This book provides an overview of various procedures involved in hybrid seed production of field and vegetable crops, including historical development and principles, maintenance of seed purity of parental lines, evolution of breeding systems, male sterility and self-incompatibility. A section of the proposed book is dedicated to quality control procedures, comprising of purity testing, seed testing and certification process, and seed production management. The major shortcomings of the existing systems, new opportunities and future prospects of hybrid seed production are also discussed. The book focuses on field and vegetable crops like rice, maize, pearl millet, sorghum, pigeon pea, rapeseed, mustard, cotton, castor, soybean, and sunflower among others. This book is for students, researchers, and professionals working in the field of public sectors and commercial seed industries, as well as to other stakeholders who are working to improve their skills on hybrid seed production.

Contents:

1. Hybrid Seed Production: Application, Challenges and Opportunities

2. Floral Biology and Pollination Systems for Hybrid Seed Production in Plants

3. Hybrid Seed Production of Rice: Status and Outlook

4. Advances in Hybrid Breeding and Seed Production in Pearl millet

5. Optimizing Hybrid Seed Production in Sorghum: Key Challenges and Future Opportunities

6. Exploitation of Heterosis and Seed Production Techniques in Maize: Principles and Practices

7. Systems for Heterosis Breeding and Hybrid Seed Production in Pigeonpea

8. Crop Cultivation and Hybrid Seed Production Strategies in Rapeseed-Mustard

9. Heterosis Breeding and Hybrid Seed Production in Cotton

10. Hybrid Seed Production Technology in Castor

11. Efficient Seed Production Systems in Soybean

12. Hybrid Seed Production Technology in Sunflower

13. Application, Challenges and Opportunities of Safflower Hybrid Seed Production

14. Hybrid Seed Production in Tomato

15. Hybrid Seed Production of Chilli (Capsicum annuum L.) for Sustaining Yield and Profitability

16. Hybrid Seed Production of Brinjal: Application, Challenges and Opportunities

17. Hybrid Seed Production Technology in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

18. An Overview of Hybrid Seed Production in Onion

19. Mechanism of Hybrid Development and Quality Seed Production in Okra

20. Modern Molecular Techniques to Support Hybrid Seed Industry in Crop Plants.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Lamichaney, Amrit Hybrid Seed Production for Boosting Crop Yields

ISBN:

9789819605064

OCLC:

1505733775