Agricultural Sciences: Techniques and Innovations Vol. 12

This book covers key areas in the fields of agricultural science. The contributions by the authors include heterotic grouping, combining ability, genetic distance, genomic prediction, heterosis, hybrid breeding, molecular markers, tester selection, zea mays, heterotic pattern, conservation biological control, ecological engineering, habitat management, intercropping, leucinodes orbonalis, natural pest regulation, solanum melongena, parasitoids, microbial biopesticides, plant diversification, trunk injection, endotherapy, xylem transport, iron deficiency chlorosis, micronutrient correction, wound compartmentalisation, perennial tree nutrition, ferrous sulphate, macronutrient delivery, injection pressure, balanced fertilisation, calcium, magnesium, multi-nutrient fertiliser, potassium, soil quality, sulphate sulphur, nutrient-use efficiency, polyhalite, nutrient leaching, alginate, artificial endosperm, clonal propagation, germplasm exchange, plant tissue culture, somatic embryo, synseed, short-term conservation, ionotropic gelation, conversion capacity. This book contains various materials suitable for students, researchers, and academicians in the fields of agricultural science.