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Principles of plant genetics and breeding / George Acquaah. — Oxford : Blackwell Publishing, c2007.—(58.821/A186) |
Contents
Contents
Part I Underlying science and methods of plant breeding， 1
Section 1 Historical perspectives and importance of plant breeding， 2
1 History and role of plant breeding in society， 3
Section 2 General biological concepts， 16
2 The art and science of plant breeding， 17
3 Plant cellular organization and genetic structure: an overview， 35
4 Plant reproductive systems， 55
Section 3 Germplasm issues， 74
5 Variation: types， origin， and scale， 75
6 Plant genetic resources for plant breeding， 87
Section 4 Genetic analysis in plant breeding， 108
7 Introduction to concepts of population genetics， 109
8 Introduction to quantitative genetics， 121
9 Common statistical methods in plant breeding， 146
Section 5 Tools in plant breeding， 163
10 Sexual hybridization and wide crosses in plant breeding， 164
11 Tissue culture and the breeding ofclonally propagated plants， 181
12 Mutagenesis in plant breeding， 199
13 Polyploidy in plant breeding， 214
14 Biotechnology in p!ant breeding， 231
15 Issues in the application ofbiotechnology in plant breeding， 257
Section 6 Classic methods of plant breeding， 281
16 Breeding self-pollinated species， 282
17 Breeding cross-pollinated species， 313
18 Breeding hybrid cultivars， 334
Section 7 Selected breeding objectives， 351
19 Breeding for physiological and morphological traits， 352
20 Breeding for resistance to diseases and insect pests， 367
21 Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses， 385
22 Breeding compositional traits and added value， 404
Section 8 Cultivar release and commercial seed production， 417
23 Performance evaluation for crop cultivar release， 418
24 Seed certification and commercial seed multiplication， 435
25 International plant breeding efforts， 450
26 Emerging concepts in plant breeding， 462
Part II Breeding selected crops， 471
27 Breeding wheat， 472
28 Breeding corn， 485
29 Breeding rice， 498
30 Breeding sorghum， 509
31 Breeding soybean， 519
32 Breeding peanut， 529
33 Breeding potato， 537
34 Breeding cotton， 546
Glossary， 556
Appendix 1: Internet resources， 561
Appendix 2: Conversion rates， 563
Index， 564
