Principles of plant genetics and breeding/ Acquaah,George
Material type: TextPublication details: Noida: Wiley Blackwell, 2012Edition: 2nd edDescription: 739pISBN: 9780470664759Subject(s): Plant breeding | Plant genetics | Science DDC classification: 631.52Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 631.52 ACQ/P (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Damaged | P42185 |
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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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