Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Editors' note and acknowledgements
- Introduction
- The development of potato varieties in Europe
- Genetic Resources
- Breeding Strategies
- Selection and Screening Methods
- Variety Assessment
- Potato variety assessment in the Federal Republic of Germany
- Potato variety assessment in France
- Variety assessment in The Netherlands
- Potato variety assessment in Poland
- Potato variety assessment in the UK
- Use of common origin seed for potato trials
- Micropropagation – an aid in the production of new varieties
- Testing potato varieties for response to drought and irrigation
- Testing varieties for resistance to and tolerance of Globodera pallida
- Testing for glycoalkaloids
- Methods for calculating 1–9 values to express the resistance of potato varieties to diseases
- Establishing standards in variety assessment
- Consumer quality requirements in the United Kingdom
- The effects of fertilizer treatments on a range of old and new early-maturing potato varieties
- Variety trials in Egypt, with special reference to dormancy
- Semi-conventional Breeding Methods
- True Potato Seed
- Unconventional Breeding Methods
- Commentary
- Index
Testing varieties for resistance to and tolerance of Globodera pallida
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Editors' note and acknowledgements
- Introduction
- The development of potato varieties in Europe
- Genetic Resources
- Breeding Strategies
- Selection and Screening Methods
- Variety Assessment
- Potato variety assessment in the Federal Republic of Germany
- Potato variety assessment in France
- Variety assessment in The Netherlands
- Potato variety assessment in Poland
- Potato variety assessment in the UK
- Use of common origin seed for potato trials
- Micropropagation – an aid in the production of new varieties
- Testing potato varieties for response to drought and irrigation
- Testing varieties for resistance to and tolerance of Globodera pallida
- Testing for glycoalkaloids
- Methods for calculating 1–9 values to express the resistance of potato varieties to diseases
- Establishing standards in variety assessment
- Consumer quality requirements in the United Kingdom
- The effects of fertilizer treatments on a range of old and new early-maturing potato varieties
- Variety trials in Egypt, with special reference to dormancy
- Semi-conventional Breeding Methods
- True Potato Seed
- Unconventional Breeding Methods
- Commentary
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Production of New Potato VarietiesTechnological Advances, pp. 148 - 150Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1987