TY - JA AU - Edwards,I.B. TI - New horizons in wheat breeding SN - 0097-5338 U1 - 88-100403 PY - 1987/// KW - Agronomic characters KW - AGROVOC KW - Breeding KW - Cereals KW - Crop husbandry KW - Crops KW - Economic plants KW - Grain crops KW - Plants KW - Productivity KW - Profitability KW - Progeny forms KW - Yields KW - Plant breeding N2 - Following an outline of the history of wheat breeding, mainly with respect to the USA, information is surveyed on (1) genetic gains through conventional breeding, including the phenomenon known as the yield plateau, (2) hybrid wheat,(3) biotechnology, (4) variety protection and plant patents, (5) the problems ofoverproduction and (6) future prospects T2 - North Dakota Farm Research ER -