Book Description: In recent decades, livestock producers have
moved away from open grazing for a number of reasons, none
having to do with the health of consumers. Genetic Resources,
Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement: Forage Crops
demonstrates how state-of-the-art technology can encourage the
raising of livestock in open pastures where they can be fed
grasses grown in nature rather than meals enriched with hormones
and other by-products. The volume brings together the world’s
leading innovators in crop science who furnish information on
the availability of germplasm resources that breeders can
exploit for the improvement of major forage crop varieties
including alfalfa, wheatgrass and wildrye grasses, Bahiagrass,
birdsfoot trefoil, clover, Bermudagrass, and ryegrass. An
introductory chapter outlines the cytogenetic architecture of
forage crops, describes the principles and strategies of
cytogenetic and breeding manipulations, and summarizes landmark
research. Ensuing chapters provide a comprehensiv