TY  - BOOK
AU  - Acquaah,George
TI  - Principles of plant genetics and breeding
SN  - 9780470664759
U1  - 631.52 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Noida
PB  - Wiley Blackwell
KW  - Plant breeding	
KW  - Plant genetics	
KW  - Science	
N1  - Industry highlights boxes 

Industry highlights boxes: authors 

Section 1. Overview and historical perspectives:

1. Introduction; 

2. History of plant breeding; Section 

2. Population and quantitative genetic principles; 

3. Introduction to concepts of population genetics;

4. Introduction to quantitative genetics --

Section 3. Reproductive systems: 

5. Introduction to reproduction and autogamy;

 6. Allogamy;

7. Hybridization;

8. Clonal propagation and in vitro culture 

Section 4. Germplasm for breeding: 

9. Variation: types, origin and scale; 

10. Plant domestication; 

11. Plant genetic resources --

Section 5. Breeding objectives: 

12. Yield and morphological traits; 

13. Quality traits;

14. Breeding for resistance to diseases and insect pests; 

15. Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses 

Section 6. Selection methods: 

16. Breeding self-pollinated species; 

17. Breeding cross-pollinated species; 

18. Breeding hybrid cultivars; 

19. Breeding clonally propagated species --

Section 7. Molecular breeding: 

20. Molecular markers; 

21. Mapping of genes; 

22. Marker assisted selection; 

23. Mutagenesis in plant breeding; 

24. Polyploidy in plant breeding; 

25. Molecular genetic modifications and genome-wide genetics --

Section 8. Marketing and societal issues in breeding: 

26. Performance evaluation for crop cultivar release;

27. Seed certification and commercial seed release; 

28. Regulatory and legal issues; 

29. Value-driven concepts and social concerns; 

30. International plant breeding efforts.

 Section 9. Breeding selected crops:

31. Breeding wheat; 

32. Breeding corn; 

33. Breeding rice; 

34. Breeding sorghum; 

35. Breeding soybean; 

36. Breeding peanut;

37. Breeding potato;

38. Breeding cotton; 

39. Breeding tomato; 

40. Breeding cucumber; 

41. Breeding roses --


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