Systems for Cytogenetic Analysis in Vicia Faba L.: Proceedings of a Seminar in the EEC Programme of Coordination of Research on Plant Productivity, held at Wye College, 9-13 April 1984

Unlike the situation in the major cereals, the yields of Vicia faba have not been markedly increased during the last half century. There is no single cause for this but among those that have been important is the lack of cytogenetic understanding in relation to breeding performance. Since as a consequence, little genetic variation has been available to agronomists conclusions, probably unwarranted, have been drawn about the limited prospects for the faba bean. Against such a background it h...