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| 100 | _aAcquaah,George | ||
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_aPrinciples of plant genetics and breeding/ _cAcquaah,George |
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| 250 | _a2nd ed. | ||
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_aNoida: _bWiley Blackwell, _c2012. |
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| 300 | _a739p. | ||
| 505 | _aIndustry 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 -- | ||
| 650 | _aPlant breeding | ||
| 650 | _aPlant genetics | ||
| 650 | _aScience | ||
| 942 | _cWB16 | ||