About the Book: Introduction to Maintenance Plant Breeding
This book covers the courses offered in Plant Breeding at Post-graduate level
in all Agricultural Universities of India. It includes variety release
procedure, categories of improved seed, indian seeds act 2004, protection of
plant varieties and farmers rights act 2001, DUS testing, seed certification,
causes of varietal deterioration, basics of maintenance breeding, genetic basis
of maintenance breeding, agronomic basis of maintenance breeding, nucleus seed
production of cereals, nucleus seed production of millets, nucleus seed
production of commercial crops, nucleus seed production of oilseeds, nucleus
seed production of pulse crops, nucleus seed production of fiber crops, nucleus
seed production of A,