# Crop Improvement

- By: Walter P. Suza - Editor / Kendall Lamkey
- Publisher: Iowa State University Digital Press
- Source: [Open Textbook Library](https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/crop-improvement)
- Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial
- Online: https://iastate.pressbooks.pub/cropimprovement/
- PDF: https://iastate.pressbooks.pub/cropimprovement/open/download?type=pdf
- eBook: https://iastate.pressbooks.pub/cropimprovement/open/download?type=epub

This textbook covers basic principles in the genetic improvement of crop plants. Emphasis is placed on methods of cultivar development in self-pollinating, cross-pollinating, and asexually propagating crops. Relevant examples of crop improvement research in Africa are utilized to cover factors affecting cultivar release, multiplication, and distribution of high-quality seed.