Principles of plant genetics and breeding
2007
Acquaah, George
Table of Contents: Pt. I. Underlying science and methods of plant breeding 1. History and role of plant breeding in society 2. The art and science of plant breeding 3. Plant cellular organization and genetic structure : an overview 4. Plant reproductive systems 5. Variation : types, origin, and scale 6. Plant genetic resources for plant breeding 7. Introduction to concepts of population genetics 8. Introduction to quantitative genetics 9. Common statistical methods in plant breeding 10. Sexual hybridization and wide crosses in plant breeding 11. Tissue culture and the breeding of clonally propagated plants 12. Mutagenesis in plant breeding 13. Polyploidy in plant breeding 14. Biotechnology in plant breeding 15. Issues in the application of biotechnology in plant breeding 16. Breeding self-pollinated species 17. Breeding cross-pollinated species 18. Breeding hybrid cultivars 19. Breeding for physiological and morphological traits 20. Breeding for resistance to diseases and insect pests 21. Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses 22. Breeding compositional traits and added value 23. Performance evaluation for crop cultivar release 24. Seed certification and commercial seed multiplication 25. International plant breeding efforts 26. Emerging concepts in plant breeding Pt. II. Breeding selected crops 27. Breeding wheat 28. Breeding corn 29. Breeding rice 30. Breeding sorghum 31. Breeding soybean 32. Breeding peanut 33. Breeding potato 34. Breeding cotton.
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