Fodder crops and amenity grasses
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Fodder crops and amenity grasses
（Handbook of plant breeding / editors-in-chief, Jaime Prohens, Fernando Nuez, Marcelo J. Carena, v. 5）
Springer, 2010
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Grassland farming in Europe was already established during the settlement of the rst farmers together with their domesticated animals after the last ice age. Since then, grassland provides the forage basis to feed ruminant animals for the p- duction of meat and milk. Depending on the ecological conditions and intensity of usage, various plant communities with different species developed, displaying a rich biodiversity. With the introduction of improved crop rotations at the end of the 16th century, grasses and legumes were also grown to an important extent as forage crops on arable land. In the last decades the importance of amenity grasses increased markedly, due to the demand of the society for new usages like landscape protection. Around 1900 interested farmers and academics identi ed the need for gra- land improvement through systematic selection and seed production. This marks the beginning of breeding and research in companies but also at universities and specialized research institutes. Plant collection started with many of the species that are still of importance today. The collected materials were grouped according to the intended use and some type of phenotypic selection was applied. Seed mul- plication of such populations was performed in pure stands and the harvested seed was marketed. Although the vegetative biomass and its quality are of utmost imp- tance in forage crop breeding, it is the seed yield potential which determines the commercial success of a new variety.
Table of Contents
The Role of Forage Crops in Multifunctional Agriculture.- Genetic Resources.- Breeding Methods in Cross-Pollinated Species.- Development and Application of Biotechnological and Molecular Genetic Tools.- Breeding Objectives in Forages.- Breeding Objectives in Amenity Grasses.- Breeding for Grass Seed Yield.- Control of Cultivar Release and Distribution.- Future Developments and Uses.- Ryegrasses.- Fescues.- Festulolium.- Cocksfoot.- Timothy.- Bluegrasses.- Minor Grass Species.- Alfalfa.- Red Clover.- White Clover.- Minor Legume Species.- Erratum To: Breeding Methods in Cross-Pollinated Species.
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