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Brian P. Forster
Life Sciences
Plant Breeding/Biotechnology
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A Practical Guide to Barley Crossing
Barley is naturally an inbreeding hermaphrodite plant so that each generation resembles its parental generation. New variation can be introduced by crossing parents that complement each other for desirable or ...
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Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis)
Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) breeding is described with respect to modern challenges facing the oil palm industry. Elaeis guineensis is native to Africa, but now rings the globe as a tropical commodity oil crop. ...
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Objectives
Salinity affects soil, water and crop plants. The severity of soil salinity needs to be determined in order to make informed decisions on best crop** practices. Likewise, the tolerance of crop cultivars need...
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Protocol for Screening for Salt Tolerance in Rice
A simple protocol is presented that tests salt tolerance in rice seedlings. The method is based on a glasshouse hydroponics test in which salt is added to the nutrient hydroponic solution in which the seedling...
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Introduction
Salinity is a major abiotic stress limiting crop yields in many parts of the world. The FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) Land and Plant Nutrition Management service estimates that over 400 million hecta...
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Protocol for measuring soil salinity
A simple protocol is described that tests soil salinity. Water-soluble salts are extracted from soil samples and salt content measured. Accurate field evaluations require sampling at various field locations an...
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Protocol for Screening for Salt Tolerance in Barley and Wheat
A simple protocol is presented that tests salt tolerance in wheat and barley seedlings. The method is based on a glasshouse, aerated hydroponics test in which salt is added to the nutrient hydroponic solution ...
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The effect of semi-dwarf genes on root system size in field-grown barley
Root system size (RSS) was measured in 12 diverse barley genotypes and 157 double-haploid lines (DHs), using electric capacitance. The parents of the DHs, Derkado and B83-12/21/5, carry different semi-dwarfing...
