Genetic improvement

Genetic Improvement of Field Crops, edited by Gustavo A. Slafer... 

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Chilver, A., Walker, T. S., Khatana, V, Fano, H., Suherman, R., Rizk, A. (2005). On-Farm Profitability and Prospects for True Potato Seed (TPS). In M. K. Razdan, A. K. Mattoo (Eds.), Genetic Improvement of Solanaceous Crops Volume I Potato (pp. 39-63). Science Publishers, Inc., Enfield. 

The stock should be indigenous or acclimatized to the farm or region. Thus, traditional, unimproved breeds and strains are preferred over genetically improved hybrids, raising questions over the appropriate nutrient requirements of such stock. 

Boelling, D., Groen, A.F., Sorensen, R, Madsen, P. and Jensen, J. (2003) Genetic improvement of livestock for organic farming systems. Livestock Production Science 80, 79-88. 

Vasil, I.K. 2007. Molecular genetic improvement of cereals Transgenic wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Plant Cell Rep 26 1133-1154. 

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Kalloo, G., Jerusalem artichoke Helianthus tuberosus L., in Genetic Improvement of Vegetable Crops, Kalloo, G. and Bergh, B.O., Eds., Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1993, pp. 747-750. 

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