Plant breeding: principles & methods/
Singh, B. D.
Plant breeding: principles & methods/ B.D. Singh - 11th rev. ed. - Delhi: Kalyani Publisher, 2019. - 907 p. ; 24 cm.
Part I : General considerations --
Introduction to plant breeding --
Domestication and germplasm conservation --
Plant introduction --
Modes of reproduction in crop plants --
Pollination control I. Self-incompatibility and apomixis --
Pollination control II. Male sterility --
Qualitative and quantitative characters --
Biometrical techniques in plant breeding --
Part II : Principles : Self-Pollinated crops --
Selection in self-pollinated crops --
Hybridization : Techniques and consequences --
Part III : Principles : Cross-pollinated crops --
Genetic composition of cross-pollinated populations --
Selection in cross-pollinated crops --
Heterosis and inbreeding depression --
Part IV : Methods : Self-pollinated crops --
Mass selection --
Purelines selection --
Pedigree selection --
Bulk method --
Backcross method --
Other approaches to breeding of self-pollinated crops --
Effectiveness of different methods for handling of segregating generations --
Part V : Methods : Cross-pollinated crops --
Population improvement --
Hybrid varieties --
Part VI : Methods : Clonal crops --
Clonal selection and hybridization --
Part VII : Methods : Stress resistance --
Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses I. Drought resistance --
Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses II.Mineral stresses (Salinity, Mineral Deficiency and mineral toxicity) --
Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses III. Heat and cold resistance --
Breeding for resistance to biotic stresses I. Disease resistance --
Breeding for resistance to biotic stresses II. Insect resistance --
Part VIII : Methods : Special approaches --
Ideotype concept in crop improvement --
Breeding for quality I. Protein quality --
Breeding for quality I. Oil quality --
Mutations in crop improvement --
Polyploidy in plant breeding --
Distant hybridization in plant breeding --
Biotechnology in crop improvement I. Tissue culture technology --
Biotechnology in crop improvement II. Transgenic technology --
Molecular markers in plant breeding I. Markers and marker-train associations --
Molecular markers in plant breeding II. Applications of molecular markers --
Part IX : Evaluation and multiplication --
Release of new varieties --
Quality seed --
Part X : Miscellaneous considerations --
Organisations for crop improvement in India --
International institutes for crop improvement --Intellectual property rights.
9789327296198 9327296192
Plant breeding
Seeds
Genetics
Hybridization
631.53 / SIN/P
Plant breeding: principles & methods/ B.D. Singh - 11th rev. ed. - Delhi: Kalyani Publisher, 2019. - 907 p. ; 24 cm.
Part I : General considerations --
Introduction to plant breeding --
Domestication and germplasm conservation --
Plant introduction --
Modes of reproduction in crop plants --
Pollination control I. Self-incompatibility and apomixis --
Pollination control II. Male sterility --
Qualitative and quantitative characters --
Biometrical techniques in plant breeding --
Part II : Principles : Self-Pollinated crops --
Selection in self-pollinated crops --
Hybridization : Techniques and consequences --
Part III : Principles : Cross-pollinated crops --
Genetic composition of cross-pollinated populations --
Selection in cross-pollinated crops --
Heterosis and inbreeding depression --
Part IV : Methods : Self-pollinated crops --
Mass selection --
Purelines selection --
Pedigree selection --
Bulk method --
Backcross method --
Other approaches to breeding of self-pollinated crops --
Effectiveness of different methods for handling of segregating generations --
Part V : Methods : Cross-pollinated crops --
Population improvement --
Hybrid varieties --
Part VI : Methods : Clonal crops --
Clonal selection and hybridization --
Part VII : Methods : Stress resistance --
Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses I. Drought resistance --
Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses II.Mineral stresses (Salinity, Mineral Deficiency and mineral toxicity) --
Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses III. Heat and cold resistance --
Breeding for resistance to biotic stresses I. Disease resistance --
Breeding for resistance to biotic stresses II. Insect resistance --
Part VIII : Methods : Special approaches --
Ideotype concept in crop improvement --
Breeding for quality I. Protein quality --
Breeding for quality I. Oil quality --
Mutations in crop improvement --
Polyploidy in plant breeding --
Distant hybridization in plant breeding --
Biotechnology in crop improvement I. Tissue culture technology --
Biotechnology in crop improvement II. Transgenic technology --
Molecular markers in plant breeding I. Markers and marker-train associations --
Molecular markers in plant breeding II. Applications of molecular markers --
Part IX : Evaluation and multiplication --
Release of new varieties --
Quality seed --
Part X : Miscellaneous considerations --
Organisations for crop improvement in India --
International institutes for crop improvement --Intellectual property rights.
9789327296198 9327296192
Plant breeding
Seeds
Genetics
Hybridization
631.53 / SIN/P