The potato is economically a very important crop in many parts of the world. All improvements through potato breeding or biotechnology must be based on a thorough knowledge of potato genetics. This book fills a major gap in the current literature for an up-to-date account of this topic and its implications for crop improvement. Written by authorities from the UK, USA, Canada, Peru, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden and Poland, this major reference work will be indispensible for workers in plant genetics, breeding and biotechnology.

Potato Genetics (Cabi)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Bradshaw, John E.

Mackay, George R

Gardening & Landscape Design

CAB International

Venerable philosopher, counselor, theologian and teacher, John Bradshaw, is also an Emmy nominated talk show host. John Bradshaw has touched and forever changed millions of lives through his best-selling books, seminars, workshops, seven widely acclaimed PBS series and nationally syndicated talk show, The Bradshaw Difference with MGM. In this intense lecture, THE NATURE OF SHAME, John Bradshaw offers his perspectives on what shame is and why it is important to understand the difference between toxic shame and natural shame. This revealing lecture series explores toxic shame and how if differs from guilt. John Bradshaw shows us how shame impacts our thinking and behaviors. This lecture, THE NATURE OF SHAME, with John Bradshaw, is recommended for personal, academic and public libraries and those searching for a better understanding of the origins of shame and how unhealthy shame can contaminate our lives and self-esteem.

The Nature of Shame

Parenting & Relationships

John Bradshaw Media Group

Psychologist, philosopher, counselor, theologian and teacher, John Bradshaw, is also an Emmy nominated talk show host. John Bradshaw has touched and forever changed millions of lives through his best-selling books, seminars, workshops and seven widely acclaimed PBS series. In this wonderful and enlightening lecture series, THE GENIUS OF MILTON ERICKSON, John Bradshaw depicts the brilliant and unique work of the genius psychotherapist Milton Erickson who used innovative techniques including Trance and the Unconscious Mind, Indirect Techniques, Confusion Technique, Handshake Induction, etc. to help his patients. This lecture, THE GENIUS OF MILTON ERICKSON with John Bradshaw, is recommended for personal, academic and public libraries and those searching for innovative and fascinating ways of therapy and intervention as practiced by Milton Erickson.

The Genius of Milton Erickson

Self-Help

Personal Transformation

In this intense workshop, A THEOLOGY OF ADDICTION, John Bradshaw offers his viewpoints on addictive behaviors and connects addictions with various theological and religious realities. This constructive lecture series explores the earliest roots of addictive behaviors and provides the listener with a new way to approach addictions from the theological perspective. Addictions are complex; while some addictive personality traits have genetic roots, others are conditioned in childhood. Many multiple-addicted individuals successfully change one behavior without changing all the others. John discusses the multiple addicted personality and offers an original therapeutic approach to dealing with addictions. This workshop, A THEOLOGY OF ADDICTION, is ecommended for personal, academic and public libraries and those searching for a new therapeutic approach for addictive behaviors.

A Theology of Addiction

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Addiction & Recovery

The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is the world's fourth most important food crop after maize, rice and wheat with 377 million tonnes fresh-weight of tubers produced in 2016 from 19.2 million hectares of land, in 163 countries, giving a global average yield of 19.6 t ha-1 (http://faostat.fao.org). About 62% of production (234 million tonnes) was in Asia (191), Africa (25) and Latin America (18) as a result of steady increases in recent years, particularly in China and India. As a major food crop, the potato has an important role to play in the United Nations "2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" which started on 1 January 2016 (http://faostat.fao.org). By 2030 the aim is to "ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round". By then, the world population is expected to reach 8.5 billion and continue to increase to 9.7 billion in 2050. For potatoes, the need is to increase production and improve nutritional value during a period of climate change, a key aspect of which will be the breeding of new cultivars for a wide range of target environments and consumers. The aim of the book is to help this endeavour by providing detailed information in three parts on both the theory and practice of potato breeding. Part I deals with the history of potato improvement and with potato genetics. Part II deals with breeding objectives, divided into improving yield, quality traits and resistance to the most important diseases and pests of potatoes. Part III&nbsp; deals with breeding methods: first, the use of landraces and wild relatives of potato in introgression breeding, base broadening and population improvement; second, breeding clonally propagated cultivars as a way to deliver potato improvement to farmers' fields; third, as an alternative, breeding potato cultivars for propagation through true potato seed; and fourth, gene editing and genetic transformation as ways of making further improvements to already successful and widely grown cultivars. Included are marker-assisted introgression and selection of specific alleles, genomic selection of many unspecified alleles and diploid F1 hybrid breeding.

Potato Breeding: Theory and Practice

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Springer

This book aims to help plant breeders by reviewing past achievements, currently successful practices, and emerging methods and techniques. Theoretical considerations are also presented to strike the right balance between being as simple as possible but as complex as necessary.
The United Nations predicts that the global human population will continue rising to 9.0 billion by 2050. World food production will need to increase between 70-100 per cent in just 40 years. First generation bio-fuels are also using crops and cropland to produce energy rather than food. In addition, land area used for agriculture may remain static or even decrease as a result of degradation and climate change, despite more land being theoretically available, unless crops can be bred which tolerate associated abiotic stresses. Lastly, it is unlikely that steps can be taken to mitigate all of the climate change predicted to occur by 2050, and beyond, and hence adaptation of farming systems and crop production will be required to reduce predicted negative effects on yields that will occur without crop adaptation. Substantial progress will therefore be required in bridging the yield gap between what is currently achieved per unit of land and what should be possible in future, with the best farming methods and best storage and transportation of food, given the availability of suitably adapted cultivars, including adaptation to climate change. My book is divided into four parts: Part I is an historical introduction; Part II deals with the origin of genetic variation by mutation and recombination of DNA; Part III explains how the mating system of a crop species determines the genetic structure of its landraces; Part IV considers the three complementary options for future progress: use of sexual reproduction in further conventional breeding, base broadening and introgression; mutation breeding; and genetically modified crops.

Plant Breeding: Past, Present and Future

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Potato Genetics (Cabi)

The Nature of Shame

The Genius of Milton Erickson

A Theology of Addiction

Potato Breeding: Theory and Practice

Plant Breeding: Past, Present and Future

Plant Breeding: Past, Present and Future