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• Preface
• Acknowledgment
• Author
• User's Guide
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Plant Breeding Since 10,000 Years BC
• Chapter 3 MENDEL's Contribution to Genetics and Breeding
• Chapter 4 Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
• Chapter 5 "Farmerceuticals, " "Nutraceuticals, " and Other Exotic Characters
• Chapter 6 Intellectual Property Rights, Plant Variety Protection, and Patenting
• Chapter 7 Germplasm Maintenance
• Chapter 8 Future Developments
• Chapter 9 In the Service of CERESã »A Gallery of Breeders, Geneticists, and Persons Associated with Crop Improvement and Plant Breeding
• Bibliography
• Index.
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While there has been great progress in the development of plant breeding over the last decade, the selection of suitable plants for human consumption began over 13,000 years ago. Since the Neolithic era, the cultivation of plants has progressed in Asia Minor, Asia, Europe, and ancient America, each specific to the locally wild plants as well as the ecological and social conditions. A handy reference for knowing our past, understanding the present, and creating the future, this book provides a comprehensive treatment of the development of crop improvement methods over the centuries. It features an extensive historical treatment of development, including influential individuals in the field, plant cultivation in various regions, techniques used in the Old World, and cropping in ancient America. The advances of scientific plant breeding in the twentieth century is extensively explored, including efficient selection methods, hybrid breeding, induced polyploidy, mutation research, biotechnology, and genetic manipulation. Finally, this book presents information on approaches to the sustainability of breeding and to cope with climatic changes as well as the growing world population.
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• 1. The Human Population and Its Food Supply in the 21st Century, Maarten J. Chrispeels and Hanya E. Chrispeels.-
• 2. A Changing Global Food System: One Hundred Centuries of Agriculture, H. Maelor Davies and Paul Gepts.-
• 3. Plants in Human Nutrition, Diet, and Health, Maarten J. Chrispeels.-
• 4. Genes, Genomics, and Molecular Biology: The Basis of Modern Crop Improvement, Kranthi Mandadi and Erik Mirkov.-
• 5. From Fertilized Egg Cell to Flowering Plant, Maarten J. Chrispeels.-
• 6. Converting Solar Energy into Crop Production, Donald R. Ort, Rebecca A. Slattery and Stephen P. Long.-
• 7. The Domestication of Our Food Crops, Paul Gepts.-
• 8. From Classical Plant Breeding to Molecular Crop Improvement, Paul Gepts and Todd Pfeiffer.-
• 9. Plant Propagation by Seeds and Vegetative Processes, Kent J. Bradford and Maarten J. Chrispeels.-
• 10. Innovations in Agriculture: How Farm Technologies are Developed and How They Reach Farmers, H. Maelor Davies.-
• 11. Soil Ecosystems, Plant Nutrition, and Nutrient Cycling, Eric M. Engstrom.-
• 12. Biotic Challenges: Weeds, Patrick J. Tranel.-
• 13. Biotic Challenges: Diseases, Andrew F. Bent.-
• 14. Biotic Challenges: Pests, Georg Jander.-
• 15. Abiotic Challenges: Water, Soils, and Salinity, Maarten J. Chrispeels.-
• 16. Traits That Benefit Farmers and Industry, Eliot M. Herman and Maarten J. Chrispeels.-
• 17. Traits That Benefit the Consumer, Maarten J. Chrispeels and Eliot M. Herman.-
• 18. Food Safety, David Tribe.-
• 19. Plants as Pharmaceutical Factories, Qiang Chen.-
• 20. Plants as Chemical Factories, Krutika Bavishi and Birger Lindberg Moller.-
• 21. Challenges and Solutions for Subsistence Farmers, Manish Raizada.-
• 22. What Needs to Happen to Feed Everyone Sustainably? Maarten J. Chrispeels.
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What needs to happen if we are going to feed almost 10 billion people by the year 2050 in a sustainable way? Written for first- and second-year university students, this interdisciplinary textbook addresses this challenging question, presenting biological, economic, and sociocultural issues at an introductory level.Presenting and integrating information from many disciplines, this book invites readers to consider the complexity of feeding humanity and increasing food production sustainably. Topics covered include:the development, physiology, and nutrition of plantshuman nutrition and food safetyphotosynthesis and energy transformationsgenetics, molecular biology, and genomics, including the techniques of genetic transformation (gene silencing, gene editing with CRISPR) used in modern crop breedingcrop domestication and plant breedingsoil ecosystemsThe applications of modern biotechnology to agriculture extend far beyond GMOs, and include crop improvements that rely on knowledge of the plant's genomes and its analysis by bioinformatics. Challenging and controversial topics such as the safety of pesticides and GMOs, the increasing demand foranimal products and the stresses this puts on agricultural output, organic farming and foods, and patenting new crop varieties are dealt with in a balanced way, inviting teachers and students to consider all the implications of these serious questions.
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• Vorwort : Dr. August Ziegler : Leiter der Bayerischen Hauptstelle für Rebenzüchtung, Würzburg-Veitshöchheim
• Josef Engelhart, Weinbautechniker und Ampelograph
• Grusswort : Aus dem Leben eines Franken
• Wolfram Ziegler
• Aus dem Leben eines Franken : Dr. August Ziegler
• Wer war Dr. Ziegler?
• Seine Wurzeln
• Die Familien Ziegler in Marktbreit am Main
• Der Sohn August Ziegler : Schule und Studium, Promotion
• Dr. August Ziegler in Togo, Westafrika
• Deutsche Kolonie Togo, 1884 bis 1916
• Saatgutzüchtung in Togo : Landeskulturanstalt Nuatjä
• Das Ende des Ackerbauversuchs und der Pflanzenforschung in den Tropen
• Kriegsgefangenschaft in Afrika und Frankreich
• Ökonomierat Ziegler : Beruflicher Neustart in der fränkischen Heimat
• Rebenzüchtung In Bayern
• Dr. Ziegler als Leiter der Bayerischen Hauptstelle für Rebenzüchtung
• Hochzuchtregister
• Züchtung zusammengefasst
• Die Wiederentdeckung der Rieslaner Rebe
• Fazit und Dank
• Danke für die Unterstützung
• Ein Fazit
• Anhang : Dr. August Ziegler : Curriculum Vitae in Tabellenform
• Quellen und Literatur
• Quellen
• Literatur
• Web-Links.

• 1: Principles of Demand-led Plant Variety Desig
• n2: Visioning and Foresight for Setting Breeding Goal
• s3: Understanding Clients' Need
• s4: New Variety Design and Product Profilin
• g5: Variety Development Strategy and Stage Pla
• n6: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learnin
• g7: The Business Case for Investment in New Variety Development.
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The Business of Plant Breeding is the result of a study on demand-led plant variety design for markets in Africa, sharing best practices from private and public sector breeding programmes worldwide that are applicable to improving tropical crops in Africa. Beginning with an overview of the principles of demand-led plant breeding, the book then discusses aspects such as understanding the demands of clients and markets in rural and urban areas, foresight in setting product profiles and breeding targets, and determining breeding strategy and stage plans. It also covers measuring success and making the business case for future investments in breeding programmes that will deliver new varieties to meet market demands. The book: - Brings together the experience of plant breeders around the world, representing universities, national plant breeding programmes, regional and international agricultural research institutes, and private seed companies, showcasing how to respond to changing market demands; - Provides educational resource materials within each chapter; - Includes templates for use as planning tools by plant breeding programs for determining priority traits that meet market demands. An important read for professionals and students of plant breeding and genetics, this book is also a useful resource for anyone interested in developing and disseminating new, market-led technologies to increase productivity and profitability in tropical agriculture. The study was sponsored by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, the Crawford Fund and the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, and managed by the University of Queensland.
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• Crop Genomics and Climate Change. Genomics Strategies for Germplasm Characterization and the Development of Climate Resilient Crops. Plant Responses to Elevated Temperatures: A Field Study on Phenological Sensitivity and Fitness Responses to Simulated Climate Warming. Biological Invasions, Climate Change, and Genomics. Physiological and Genomic Basis of Mechanical-Functional Trade-Off in Plant Vasculature. Genomic Toolkit for Crop Genomics. Silicon Era of Carbon-Based Life: Application of Genomics and Bioinformatics in Crop Stress Research. SNP Genotyping and Population Genomics from Expressed Sequences: Current Advances and Future Possibilities. Crop Improvement Using Genomics Under Changing Climate. Improved Evidence-Based Genome-Scale Metabolic Models for Maize Leaf, Embryo, and Endosperm. D
• T2008: A Promising New Genetic Resource for Improved Drought Tolerance in Soybean When Solely Dependent on Symbiotic N2 Fixation. Current Knowledge in Lentil Genomics and its Application for Crop Improvement. Index.
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Climate change will severely impact the world's food supply unless steps are taken to increase crop resilience. Otherwise, the negative effects on both the yield and the quality of crop plants are predicted to be immense. Plant genomics is a potentially powerful defense against this looming threat. This compendium volume offers a global perspective on the topic, with contributions from 42 eminent researchers from 12 nations around the world. The editor is a respected and published scientist in the bioinformatics field, who has chosen articles in the following topics: * An overview of the genetic challenges presented by climate change * A genomic toolkit for crop-related research * Specific methods of improvement for specific crop by means of genomic applications The hand-picked up-to-date research makes this volume an excellent reference not only for university-level academics, but also for policymakers and stakeholders who must tackle the challenge of the world's food security.
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• Preface xi About the companion website xiii
• 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Requirements of plant breeders 1 1.2 Evolution of crop species 4 1.2.1 Why did hunter-gatherers become farmers? 4 1.2.2 What crops were involved? And when did they arise? 5 1.3 Natural and human selection 8 1.4 Contribution of modern plant breeders 8 Think questions 11
• 2 Modes of Reproduction and Types of Cultivar 13 2.1 Introduction 13 2.2 Modes of reproduction 15 2.2.1 Sexual reproduction 15 2.2.2 Asexual reproduction 16 2.3 Types of cultivar 17 2.3.1 Pure-line cultivars 17 2.3.2 Open-pollinated cultivars 17 2.3.3 Hybrid cultivars 18 2.3.4 Clonal cultivars 18 2.3.5 Synthetic cultivars 18 2.3.6 Multiline cultivars 18 2.3.7 Composite-cross cultivars 19 2.4 Annuals and perennials 19 2.5 Reproductive sterility 19 Think questions 19
• 3 Breeding Objectives 21 3.1 Introduction 21 3.2 People, politics and economic criteria 22 3.3 Grower profitability 25 3.3.1 Increasing harvestable yield 26 3.3.2 Selection for yield increase 27 3.4 Increasing end-use quality 28 3.4.1 Testing for end-use quality 30 3.5 Increasing pest and disease resistance 31 3.6 Types of plant resistance 34 3.7 Mechanisms for disease resistance 35 3.8 Testing plant resistance 36 3.9 Conclusions 38 Think questions 38
• 4 Breeding Schemes 40 4.1 Introduction 40 4.2 Development of pure-line cultivars 40 4.2.1 Homozygosity 41 4.2.2 Breeding schemes for pure-line cultivars 43 4.2.3 Number of segregating families and selections 46 4.2.4 Seed increases for cultivar release 46 4.3 Developing multiline cultivars 47 4.3.1 Backcrossing 48 4.4 Development of open-pollinated population cultivars 49 4.4.1 Breeding schemes for open-pollinating population cultivars 49 4.4.2 Backcrossing in open-pollinated population cultivar development 51 4.5 Developing synthetic cultivars 51 4.5.1 Seed production of a synthetic cultivar 53 4.6 Developing hybrid cultivars 53 4.6.1 Heterosis 55 4.6.2 Types of hybrid 58 4.6.3 Breeding system for F1 hybrid cultivars 58 4.6.4 Backcrossing in hybrid cultivar development 59 4.6.5 Hybrid seed production and cultivar release 60 4.7 Development of clonal cultivars 61 4.7.1 Outline of a potato breeding scheme 61 4.7.2 Time to develop clonal cultivars 62 4.7.3 Sexual reproduction in clonal crops 63 4.7.4 Maintaining disease-free parental lines and breeding selections 64 4.7.5 Seed increase of clonal cultivars 64 4.8 Developing apomictic cultivars 64 4.9 Summary 65 Think questions 65
• 5 Genetics and Plant Breeding 68 5.1 Introduction 68 5.2 Qualitative genetics 68 5.2.1 Genotype/phenotype relationships 70 5.2.2 Segregation of qualitative genes in diploid species 70 5.2.3 Qualitative loci linkage 72 5.2.4 Pleiotropy 76 5.2.5 Epistasis 76 5.2.6 Qualitative inheritance in tetraploid species 77 5.2.7 The chi-square test 79 5.2.8 Family size necessary in qualitative genetic studies 81 5.3 Quantitative genetics 82 5.3.1 The basis of continuous variation 82 5.3.2 Describing continuous variation 83 5.3.3 Relating quantitative genetics and the normal distribution 86 5.3.4 Quantitative genetics models 87 5.3.5 Testing the models 90 5.3.6 Quantitative trait loci 97 Think questions 101
• 6 Predictions 104 6.1 Introduction 104 6.1.1 Genotype x environment interactions 104 6.1.2 Genetically based predictions 105 6.2 Heritability 106 6.2.1 Broad-sense heritability 107 6.2.2 Narrow-sense heritability 108 6.2.3 Heritability from offspring parent regression 109 6.3 Diallel crossing designs 110 6.3.1 Griffing s analysis 111 6.3.2 Hayman and Jinks analysis 116 6.4 Cross prediction 119 Think questions 120
• 7 Selection 125 7.1 Introduction 125 7.2 What to select and when to select 125 7.2.1 Qualitative trait selection 126 7.2.2 Quantitative trait selection 126 7.2.3 Positive and negative selection 126 7.3 Response to selection 127 7.3.1 Association between traits or years 129 7.3.2 Heritability and its limitations 130 7.3.3 Methods of selection 131 7.3.4 Errors in selection 133 7.4 Applied selection 136 7.4.1 Number of genotypes in initial populations 136 7.4.2 Early generation selection 139 7.4.3 Intermediate generation selection 141 7.4.4 Advanced generation selection 143 7.4.5 Analysis of location trials 146 7.5 Cross prediction 151 7.5.1 Univariate cross prediction 152 7.5.2 Multivariate cross prediction 157 7.6 Parental selection 159 7.6.1 Phenotypic evaluation 160 7.6.2 Genotypic evaluation 160 7.6.3 Parental combinations 161 7.6.4 Germplasm collections 162 Think questions 163
• 8 Broadening the Genetic Basis 168 8.1 Induced mutations 168 8.1.1 Methods of increasing the frequency of mutation 169 8.1.2 Types of mutation 169 8.1.3 Plant parts to be treated 170 8.1.4 Dose rates 170 8.1.5 Dangers of using mutagens 171 8.1.6 Impact of mutation breeding 171 8.1.7 Practical applications 172 8.2 Interspecific and intergeneric hybridization 174 8.2.1 Characters introduced to crops from wild related species 174 8.2.2 Factors involved in interspecific or intergeneric hybridization 175 8.2.3 Post-fertilization 176 8.2.4 Hybrid sterility 176 8.2.5 Backcrossing 176 8.2.6 Increasing genetic diversity 177 8.2.7 Creating new species 177 8.3 Plant genetic transformation 177 8.3.1 A glimpse at the genetic transformation of plants 179 8.3.2 Some applications of genetic engineering to plant breeding 181 8.3.3 Cautions and related issues 183 Think questions 183
• 9 Contemporary Approaches in Plant Breeding 185 9.1 Introduction 185 9.2 Tissue culture 185 9.2.1 Doubled haploids 185 9.2.2 Some potential issues 186 9.2.3 In vitro multiplication 188 9.3 Molecular markers in plant breeding 188 9.3.1 Theory of using markers 188 9.3.2 Types of marker systems 190 9.3.3 Molecular markers 191 9.3.4 Uses of molecular markers in breeding programmes 192 9.3.5 Issues with markers 195 9.3.6 The increasing availability of genome sequences 195 Think questions 197
• 10 Practical Considerations 198 10.1 Introduction 198 10.2 Experimental design 198 10.2.1 Unreplicated designs 199 10.2.2 Randomized designs 201 10.2.3 The increasing role of linear mixed model approaches to analyse breeding data 203 10.3 Greenhouse management 204 10.3.1 Artificial hybridization 204 10.3.2 Seed and generation increases 206 10.3.3 Evaluation of breeding lines 206 10.3.4 Environmental control 207 10.3.5 Disease control 207 10.3.6 Economics 208 10.3.7 Experimental design in the glasshouse 209 10.4 Field plot techniques 209 10.4.1 Choice of land 209 10.4.2 Plot size and replication 211 10.4.3 Guard rows and discard rows 212 10.4.4 Machinery 212 10.5 Use of computers in plant breeding 214 10.5.1 Data storage and retrieval 215 10.5.2 Field plan design 217 10.5.3 Clerical operations 217 10.5.4 Data collection 217 10.5.5 Data analysis 218 10.5.6 Selection 219 10.5.7 Data transfer 220 10.5.8 Statistical consultation 220 10.5.9 Ease of use 220 10.6 Release of new cultivars 220 10.6.1 Information needed prior to cultivar release 221 10.6.2 Value in release 221 10.6.3 Cultivar names 222 Think questions 222
• 11 Current Developments in Plant Breeding 223 11.1 Intellectual property and ownership issues 223 11.1.1 Patents 223 11.2 The impact of biotechnology 225 11.3 The regulation of genetically modified plants 227 11.4 Plant breeding as a career 228 Further Reading 229 Suggested Answers to Think Questions 230 Index 271.
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This book, Plant Breeding, has it bases in an earlier text entitled An Introduction to Plant Breeding by Jack Brown and Peter Caligari, first published in 2008. The challenges facing today s plant breeders have never been more overwhelming, yet the prospects to contribute significantly to global food security and farmers quality of life have never been more exciting and fulfilling. Despite this there has been a worrying decline in public funding for plant breeding-related research and support for international centers of germplasm development and crop improvement. In part, this has resulted in a serious reduction in the number of young people interested in devoting their professional careers to plant breeding as well as the number of universities offering plant breeding courses or conducting relevant research in plant breeding. The authors aim in writing this book is to provide an integrated and updated view of the current scientific progress related to diverse plant breeding disciplines, within the context of applied breeding programs. This excellent new book will encourage a new generation of students to pursue careers related to plant breeding and will assist a wider audience of agricultural students, agronomists, policy makers and those with an interest in agriculture in gaining insight about the issues affecting plant breeding and its key role in improving the quality of life of people and in securing sufficient food, at the quality required and at an affordable price. With comprehensive coverage including questions designed for students, and an accompanying website containing additional material to help in the study of the subject, Plant Breeding is an ideal text for all those studying plant and crop sciences, and a convenient reference source for professionals working in the area. All libraries within universities and research establishments where biological and agricultural sciences are studied and taught should have multiple copies of this book.
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• Preface / Improvement of Crop Species / Incompatibility and Male Sterility / Enzymes/Isozymes / Evolution / Modes of Reproduction / Breeding Methods in Self Fertilizing Species / Breeding Methods in Cross Fertilizing Species / Hybrid Breeding / Backcross Method of Breeding / Multiple Crosses in Plant Breeding / Synthetics and Composites / Clone Breeding / Mutation Breeding / Study of Host-Parasite Interaction / Application of Tissue Culture / Applications of Genetic Engineering / Genetic Resources / Participatory Plant Breeding and Intellectual Property Rights / Index.
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"Plant Breeding: A Biometrical Approach" starts with the description of traits and the breeding systems including male sterility and self-incompatibility. It further describes the evolution of crop species. The breeding methods such as Pedigree, SSD, Bulk and Dihaploidy being employed in improving self-fertilizing species and various intra- and inter-population improvement methods in cross-pollinated crops are described completely. Methods for developing hybrids, synthetics and composites are also described. Methods for prediction of performance of superior recombinant pure breeding lines and hybrids are also fully described. Backcross breeding method for gene transfer and mutation breeding method for crop improvement are described along with clonal breeding methods for improving asexually propagated crops. Genetics of host-pathogen/insect interaction and the various approaches for resistance breeding are described in great detail. Applications of tissue culture in crop improvement, multiplication and conservation of germplasm have been detailed. Genetic engineering methods for development of transgenics and applications of molecular marker technology for crop improvement (Marker Assisted Selection) are described. Finally, the book describes the methods of collection and conservation of genetic resources, participatory approach of plant breeding and the IPR issues. This book will be helpful to undergraduate and post-graduate students as well as teachers and researchers in the field of plant breeding.
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• Beta.- Corchorus.- Crotalaria.- Dioscorea.- Erianthus.- Gossypium.- Ipomoea.- Manihot.- Miscanthus.- Saccharum.
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Wild crop relatives are now playing a significant part in the elucidation and improvement of the genomes of their cultivated counterparts. This work includes comprehensive examinations of the status, origin, distribution, morphology, cytology, genetic diversity and available genetic and genomic resources of numerous wild crop relatives, as well as of their evolution and phylogenetic relationship. Further topics include their role as model plants, genetic erosion and conservation efforts, and their domestication for the purposes of bioenergy, phytomedicines, nutraceuticals and phytoremediation. Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources comprises 10 volumes on Cereals, Millets and Grasses, Oilseeds, Legume Crops and Forages, Vegetables, Temperate Fruits, Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, Industrial Crops, Plantation and Ornamental Crops, and Forest Trees. It contains 125 chapters written by nearly 400 well-known authors from about 40 countries.
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• Cydonia, Fragaria, Malus, Muscadiniana, Olea, Pistacia, Prunus, Pyrus, Rubus, Vaccinium, Vitis.
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Wild crop relatives are now playing a significant part in the elucidation and improvement of the genomes of their cultivated counterparts. This work includes comprehensive examinations of the status, origin, distribution, morphology, cytology, genetic diversity and available genetic and genomic resources of numerous wild crop relatives, as well as of their evolution and phylogenetic relationship. Further topics include their role as model plants, genetic erosion and conservation efforts, and their domestication for the purposes of bioenergy, phytomedicines, nutraceuticals and phytoremediation. "Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources" comprises 10 volumes on Cereals, Millets and Grasses, Oilseeds, Legume Crops and Forages, Vegetables, Temperate Fruits, Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, Industrial Crops, Plantation and Ornamental Crops, and Forest Trees. It contains 125 chapters written by nearly 400 well-known authors from about 40 countries.
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• Environmental impacts of genetically engineered crops at the farm level
• Farm-level economic impacts
• Farm-system dynamics and social impacts of genetic engineering
• Key findings, remaining challenges, and future opportunities.

Since genetically engineered (GE) crops were introduced in 1996, their use in the United States has grown rapidly, accounting for 80-90 percent of soybean, corn, and cotton acreage in 2009. To date, crops with traits that provide resistance to some herbicides and to specific insect pests have benefited adopting farmers by reducing crop losses to insect damage, by increasing flexibility in time management, and by facilitating the use of more environmentally friendly pesticides and tillage practices. However, excessive reliance on a single technology combined with a lack of diverse farming practices could undermine the economic and environmental gains from these GE crops. Other challenges could hinder the application of the technology to a broader spectrum of crops and uses. Several reports from the National Research Council have addressed the effects of GE crops on the environment and on human health. However, The Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States is the first comprehensive assessment of the environmental, economic, and social impacts of the GE-crop revolution on U.S. farms. It addresses how GE crops have affected U.S. farmers, both adopters and nonadopters of the technology, their incomes, agronomic practices, production decisions, environmental resources, and personal well-being. The book offers several new findings and four recommendations that could be useful to farmers, industry, science organizations, policy makers, and others in government agencies.
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• Molecular breeding tools : markers and maps
• Molecular breeding tools : omics and arrays
• Populations in genetics and breeding
• Plant genetic resources : management and enhancement
• Molecular dissection of complex traits : theory
• Molecular dissection of complex traits : practice
• Marker-assisted selection : theory
• Marker-assisted selection : practice
• Genotype-by-environment interaction
• Isolation and functional analysis of genes
• Gene transfer and genetically modified plants
• Intellectual property rights and plant variety protection
• Breeding informatics
• Decision support tools.

Recent advances in plant genomics and molecular biology have revolutionized our understanding of plant genetics, providing new opportunities for more efficient and controllable plant breeding. Successful techniques require a solid understanding of the underlying molecular biology as well as experience in applied plant breeding.Bridging the gap between developments in biotechnology and its applications in plant improvement, "Molecular Plant Breeding" provides an integrative overview of issues from basic theories to their applications to crop improvement including molecular marker technology, gene mapping, genetic transformation, quantitative genetics, and breeding methodology.
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• Nature in an age of invention
• The lucky spud
• The second gold rush
• Faster, better, sweeter
• A personal interlude
• Marketing the new creation
• The philosopher in the orchard, the scientist in the pea patch
• California boosters and the ivory tower
• The Carnegie Institution seal of approval
• The training of the human plant
• Learning from Luther Burbank
• The Corn Palace and the empire of the prickly pear
• The meeting of the masters
• The garden of beautiful thoughts
• Transplanting the legacy
• The creator's art
• The garden as intellectual property.

A wide-ranging and delightful narrative history of the celebrated plant breeder Luther Burbank and the business of farm and garden in early twentieth-century America A century ago, Luther Burbank was the most famous gardener on the planet. His name was inseparable from a cornucopia of new and improved plantsafruits, nuts, vegetables, and flowersafor both home gardens and commercial farms and orchards. At a time when the science of genetics was in its infancy and agriculture was often a perilous combination of guess work and luck, many people wanted a piece of the man they called the Wizard of Santa Rosa. As the United States moved from a nation of farms to a nation of city dwellers, the people behind the new products that transformed daily life were admired with a fervor that is not accorded to their present-day counterparts. Everyone knew and marveled at Samuel Morseas telegraph, Alexander Graham Bellas telephone, and Thomas Edisonas electric light. And like these other great American inventors, Burbank was revered as an example of the best tradition of American originality, ingenuity, and perseverance. Burbank had learned the secret of teaching nature to perform for man, breeding and crossbreeding ordinary plants from farm and garden until they were tastier, hardier, and more productive than ever before. "The Garden of Invention" is neither an encyclopedia nor a biography. Rather, Jane S. Smith, a noted cultural historian, highlights significant moments in Burbankas life (itself a fascinating story) and uses them to explore larger trends that he embodied and, in some cases, shaped. "The Garden of Invention" revisits the early years of bioengineering, when plant inventors were popular heroes and the public clamored for new varieties that would extend seasons, increase yields, look beautiful, or simply be wonderfully different from anything seen before. The road from the nineteenth-century farm to twenty-first-century agribusiness is full of twists and turns, of course, but a good part of it passed straight through Luther Burbankas garden. "The Garden of Invention" is a colorful and engrossing examination of the intersection of gardening, science, and business in the years between the Civil War and the Great Depression.
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• From the birth of agriculture to the birth of genetics
• Flowering of a technology.

Disheartened by the shrink-wrapped, Styrofoam-packed state of contemporary supermarket fruits and vegetables, many shoppers hark back to a more innocent time, to visions of succulent red tomatoes plucked straight from the vine, gleaming orange carrots pulled from loamy brown soil, swirling heads of green lettuce basking in the sun. With "Hybrid", Noel Kingsbury reveals that even those imaginary perfect foods are themselves far from anything that could properly be called natural; rather, they represent the end of a millennia-long history of selective breeding and hybridization. Starting his story at the birth of agriculture, Kingsbury traces the history of human attempts to make plants more reliable, productive, and nutritious - a story that owes as much to accident and error as to innovation and experiment. Drawing on historical and scientific accounts, as well as a rich trove of anecdotes, Kingsbury shows how scientists, amateur breeders, and countless anonymous farmers and gardeners slowly caused the evolutionary pressures of nature to be supplanted by those of human needs - and thus led us from sparse wild grasses to succulent corn cobs, and from mealy, white wild carrots to the juicy vegetables we enjoy today. At the same time, Kingsbury reminds us that contemporary controversies over the Green Revolution and genetically modified crops are not new; plant breeding has always had a political dimension. A powerful reminder of the complicated and ever-evolving relationship between humans and the natural world, "Hybrid" will give readers a thoughtful new perspective on - and a renewed appreciation of - the cereal crops, vegetables, fruits, and flowers that are central to our way of life.
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• 1 Introduction..2 Modes of reproduction and types of cultivar..3 Breeding objectives..4 Breeding schemes..5 Genetics and plant breeding..6 Predictions..7 Selection.8 Alternative techniques in plant breeding..9 Some Practical considerations.Index.
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Plants have been successfully selectively bred for thousands of years, culminating in incredible yields, quality, resistance and so on that we see in our modern day crops and ornamental plants. In recent years, the techniques used have been rapidly advanced and refined to include molecular, cell and genetic techniques. "Introduction to Plant Breeding" provides comprehensive coverage of the whole area of plant breeding. It covers modes of reproduction in plants, breeding objectives and schemes, genetics, predictions, selection, alternative techniques and practical considerations. Each chapter is carefully laid out in a student friendly way and includes questions for the reader. The book is essential reading for all those studying, teaching and researching plant breeding.
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• Preface Acknowledgements User's Guide
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Crop Improvement Since 10,000 Years 2.1. The Old World 2.1.1. Sumeria 2.1.2. Mesopotamia and Babylonia 2.1.3. Judea 2.1.4. Egypt 2.2. Plant Cultivation in Asia Since Neolithic Times 2.2.1. China 2.2.2. India 2.3. Cropping Plants in Ancient America 2.4. The Greek and Roman World 2.5. Arabic Agriculture 2.6. Medieval and Renaissance Agriculture in Europe 2.7. Plant Breeding by Experience During the 17th through 19th Centuries 2.8 Interest
• Chapter 3. MENDEL'S Contribution to Inheritance and Breeding 3.1. Rediscovery of Mendel's Laws Beginning of Genetic Research 3.2. Scientific Plant Breeding with the Beginning of the 20th Century 3.2.1. Breeding by Selection 3.2.2. Cross and Combination Breeding 3.2.3. Pure Lines and Improvement of Self-Pollinated Crops 3.2.4. Positive and Negative Mass Selection 3.2.5. Pedigree Selection 3.2.6. Bulk Selection 3.2.7. Backcross Breeding 3.2.8. Single-Seed Decent 3.2.9. Near-Isogenic Lines As a Breeding Tool 3.2.10. Polycross Method 3.2.11. Shuttle Breeding 3.3. Resistance Breeding 3.4. Hybrid Breeding 3.4.1. Synthetics 3.5. Mutation Breeding 3.5.1. Induced Mutation by Mutagens 3.5.2. Somaclonal Variation by In Vitro Culture 3.6. Polyploidy and Breeding 3.7. Chromosome Manipulations As a Tool for Breeding and Research 3.7.1. Aneuploids 3.7.2. Chromosome Additions 3.7.3. Chromosome Substitutions and Translocations 3.7.4. Chromosome-Mediated Gene Transfer 3.8. Utilization of Haploids in Breeding 3.8.1. Doubled Haploids 3.8.2. Dihaploids 3.9. Grafting Methods 3.10. Quantitative Terms in Breeding and Genetics 3.10.1. Plot design, Field Equipment, and Laboratory Testing 3.10.2. Statistics in Breeding 3.10.3. Bioinformatics
• Chapter 4. Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, and Plant Improvement 4.1. In Vitro Techniques 4.1.1. Embryo Rescue 4.1.2. Cell Fusion and Somatic Hybridization 4.1.3. Virus Freeing 4.1.4. Micropropagation 4.1.5. In Vitro Conservation of Germplasm 4.2. Molecular Techniques in Plant Breeding 4.2.1. Marker-Assisted Selection 4.2.1.1. Plant Genomics 4.2.2. Transgenic Crop Plants 4.2.2.1. Future Transgenic Crop Plants and Genetic Engineering 4.2.2.2. Farmerceuticals and Other Exotic Characters of Modern Crop Plants 4.2.2.3. Prospects
• Chapter 5. Intellectual Property Rights, Plant Variety Protection, and Patenting
• Chapter 6. In the Service of CERES A Gallery of Breeders, Geneticists and People Associated with Crop Improvement and Plant Breeding Notes Glossary Bibliography Index.
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• Preface
• Using this book
• Nomenclature and terminology
• Abbreviations and glossary
• Introduction
• Part I. The Science of Plant Breeding: 1. Origins of plant breeding
• 2. Creating new genetic variation
• 3. Modern high-tech breeding
• Part II. The Societal Context of Plant Breeding: 4. Rise of the public sector: the US pioneers
• 5. The public sector in the UK
• 6. Breeding goes global: the Green Revolution and beyond
• Part III. Turmoil and Transition: The legacy of the 1980s: 7. Resurgence of the private sector
• 8. Emergence of a new crop improvement paradigm
• 9. Decline of the public sector
• 10. Reaping the consequences
• Part IV. The Agbiotech Paradigm: 11. Agbiotech: genes and dreams
• 12. The future of transgenic crops I. Improving the technology
• 13. The future of transgenic crops II. Improving the products
• Part V. Increasing Global Crop Production: The New Challenges: 14. Feeding the world - fallacies and realities
• 15. The roles of management, subsidies, and breeding in crop improvement
• Part VI. Plant Breeding in the Twenty-First Century: 16. The future of international plant breeding
• 17. Rebalancing our approach to crop improvement
• 18. Where do we go from here?
• 19. Conclusions and recommendations.
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This comprehensive survey of modern plant breeding traces its history from the earliest experiments at the dawn of the scientific revolution in the seventeenth century to the present day and the existence of high tech agribusiness. Murphy tells the story from the perspective of a scientist working in this field, offering a rationale and evidence-based insight into its development. Crop improvement is examined from both a scientific and socio-economic perspective and the ways in which these factors interact and impact on agricultural development are discussed, including debates on genetically-modified food. Murphy highlights concerns over the future of plant breeding, as well as potential options to enable us to meet the challenges of feeding the world in the 21st century. This thoroughly interdisciplinary and balanced account serves as an essential resource for everyone involved with plant breeding research, policy and funding, as well as those wishing to engage with current debates.
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• Industry highlights boxes.Industry highlights box authors.Preface.Acknowledgments..Part I: Underlying Science and Methods of Plant Breeding.
• Section 1: Historical Perspectives and Importance of Plant Breeding.1. History and role of plant breeding in society.
• Section 2: General Biological Concepts.2. The art and science of plant breeding.3. Plant Cellular organization and genetic structure: an overview.4. Plant reproductive systems.
• Section 3: Germplasm Issues.5. Variation: types, origin, and scale.6. Plant genetic resources for plant breeding.
• Section 4: Genetic Analysis in Plant Breeding.7. Introduction to concepts of population genetics.8. Introduction to quantitative genetics.9. Common statistical methods in plant breeding.
• Section 5: Tools in Plant Breeding.10. Sexual hybridization and wide crosses in plant breeding.11. Tissue culture and the breeding of clonally propagated plants.12. Mutagenesis in plant breeding.13. Polyploidy in plant breeding.14. Biotechnology in plant breeding.15. Issues in the application of biotechnology in plant breeding.
• Section 6: Classic Methods of Plant Breeding.16. Breeding self-pollinated species.17. Breeding cross-pollinated species.18. Breeding hybrid cultivars.
• Section 7: Selected Breeding Objectives.19. Breeding for physiological and morphological traits.20. Breeding for resistance to disease and insect pests.21. Breeding for resistance to abiotic stress.22. Breeding compositional traits and added value.
• Section 8: Cultivar Release and Commercial Seed Production.23. Performance evaluation for crop cultivar release.24. Seed certification and commercial seed multiplication.25. International plant breeding efforts.26. Emerging concepts in plant breeding.Part II: Breeding Selected Crops.27. Breeding wheat.28. Breeding corn.29. Breeding rice.30. Breeding sorghum.31. Breeding soybean.32. Breeding peanut.33. Breeding potato.34. Breeding cotton.Glossary.
• Appendix 1: Internet resources.
• Appendix 2: Conversion rates.Index.
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Until recently, plant breeders have depended primarily on classical tools to develop new and improved products for producers and consumers. However, with the advent of biotechnology, breeders are increasingly incorporating molecular tools in their breeding work. In recognition of the current state of methods and their application, this text introduces both classical and molecular tools for plant breeding. Topics such as biotechnology in plant breeding, intellectual property, risks, emerging concepts (decentralized breeding, organic breeding), and more are addressed in this state of the art text. The final 8 chapters provide a useful reference on breeding the largest and most common crops. In addition, over 25 plant breeders share their professional experiences while illustrating concepts in the text.The features of this book include: comprehensive presentation of both classical and molecular plant breeding tools; industry highlight essays from over 25 professional plant breeders; chapter introductions, summaries and discussion questions; easy reference glossary; and, reference chapters on breeding 8 of the largest and most common crops.
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"Genome Mapping and Molecular Breeding in Plants" presents the current status of the elucidation and improvement of plant genomes of economic interest. The focus is on genetic and physical mapping, positioning, cloning, monitoring of desirable genes by molecular breeding and the most recent advances in genomics. The series comprises seven volumes: "Cereals and Millets"; "Oilseeds"; "Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops"; "Fruits and Nuts"; "Vegetables"; "Technical Crops"; and "Forest Trees". "Technical Crops" includes plants of great agricultural importance. One chapter is devoted to cotton, the most important fiber crop on which significant progress in molecular genetic research has been made. Reviews on oil palm, coffee, tea, cocoa and rubber describe traditional breeding and preliminary molecular results. Chapters on forage crops, ornamentals, and medicinal and aromatic plants each cover a large number of crops and may serve as road maps for further molecular research.
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• About the Editors Contributors Preface PART I: GENERAL OVERVIEW
• Chapter 1. Stress Environments and Their Impact on Crop Production (Shafiq-ur-Rehman, P. J. C. Harris, and M. Ashraf) Introduction Biotic and Abiotic Stresses Multiple and Variable Stresses and Tolerance Abiotic Stress Symptoms Major Abiotic Stresses Limiting Crop Yield Crop Production in Stressful Conditions Future Prospects
• Chapter 2. Breeding for Stress Resistance: General Principles (Mervyn O. Humphreys and Michael W. Humphreys) Introduction Breeding for Improved Stress Resistance The Genetics of Abiotic Stress Tolerance Mechanisms of Stress Resistance The Role of Genetic Engineering in Breeding: Implications and Limitations Conclusion
• Chapter 3. Use of Genetic Engineering and Molecular Biology Approaches for Crop Improvement for Stress Environments (Viswanathan Chinnusamy, Liming Xiong, and Jian-Kang Zhu) Introduction Osmolytes/Osmoprotectants Oxidative-Stress Tolerance Stress Proteins Cellular Membrane Stability Salt-Stress Tolerance: Ion Homeostasis Water Uptake and Transpiration Cell-Wall Elasticity Marker-Assisted Selection Conclusions and Future Perspectives
• Chapter 4. Genome Mapping and Its Implications for Improving Stress Resistance in Plants (Nguyen Thi Vinh and Andrew H. Paterson) The Impact of Drought, Salinity, and Acid Soil Conditions for World Agriculture Selection of Stress-Tolerant Crop Cultivars Application of DNA Markers to Improve Stress Tolerance Conclusion
• Chapter 5. Breeding for Salinity Tolerance (Rajinder S. Malhotra and Thomas Blake) Introduction The Problem of Salinization Mechanisms of Salinity Resistance Artificial Selection for Salinity Tolerance Sources of Genetic Variation for Salinity Resistance Classical Genetics and Marker-Assisted Selection Genetic Engineering for Salinity Resistance Conclusion
• Chapter 6. Breeding for Drought Resistance (D. Kumar) Introduction The Problem of Drought Methodology and Parameters of Drought Tolerance Breeding for Drought Tolerance Genetic Engineering for Resistance to Drought Limitations and Future Prospects
• Chapter 7. Molecular Genetics and Breeding for Flooding Tolerance (Apichart Vanavichit, Somvong Tragoonrung, and Theerayuth Toojinda) Introduction Tolerance to Flooding Genetics of Tolerance to Waterlogging and Flooding Genome Mapping and QTL Analysis Breeding Strategies for Submergence Tolerance Flooding Tolerance at the Molecular Level
• Chapter 8. Breeding for Metal Tolerance (Wilfried H. O. Ernst) Introduction Breeding for Aluminum Tolerance Heavy Metal Contamination and the Demand for Phytoremediation Metal Resistance in Plants and Decontamination Potential Breeding for Metal Tolerance Genetic Engineering at the Cellular Level Conclusion
• Chapter 9. Breeding Crops for Adaptation to Environments with Low Nutrient Availability (Zed Rengel) Introduction Nutrient Efficiency Adaptation to Environments Low in P, Fe, Zn, or Mn Mechanisms Governing Nitrogen Efficiency Breeding Genotypes for Greater Nutrient Efficiency Conclusion
• Chapter 10. Genetic Improvements of Tolerance to High Temperature (Catherine J. Howarth) Introduction High-Temperature-Induced Changes in Gene Expression Thermotolerance Assessment of High-Temperature Tolerance Future Prospects for Breeding for Tolerance to High-Temperature Stress
• Chapter 11. Breeding for Cold Tolerance (Pedro Revilla, Ana Butr n, M. Elena Cartea, Rosa Ana Malvar, and Amando Ord s) Introduction Sources of Resistance Inheritance Breeding Programs Conclusion Appendix: Sources of Germplasm for Cold Tolerance PART II: BREEDING FOR ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE IN INDIVIDUAL CROPS
• Chapter 12. Breeding for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Wheat (Wolfgang H. Pfeiffer, Richard M. Trethowan, Maarten van Ginkel, Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio, and Sanjaya Rajaram) Introduction Breeding Wheat for Tolerance to Moisture Stress Breeding Wheat for Tolerance to Heat Stress Breeding for Tolerance to Cold-Temperature Stress in Wheat Breeding for Tolerance to Waterlogging Stress in Wheat Breeding for Micronutrient Stresses in Wheat
• Chapter 13. Breeding for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Barley (Sakti Jana and Ron W. Wilen) Introduction Genetic Architecture of Barley Selection Criteria for Tolerance to Environmental Stresses Selection Techniques for Enhancing Tolerance to Environmental Stresses Sources of Variation for Barley Improvement Under Stress Conditions Breeding for Stress Tolerance Future Trends
• Chapter 14. Breeding for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice (Glen B. Gregorio and Gloria S. Cabuslay) Introduction Genetic Variability and Sources of Tolerance Screening Methods for Drought Tolerance Mechanisms of Drought Tolerance Genetics of Tolerance Prebreeding Research to Improve Donor Germplasm Achievements in Germplasm Improvement Toward the Development of Molecular Marker-Assisted Selection (MAS)
• Chapter 15. Breeding for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Maize (Hans-Werner Koyro and Bernhard Huchzermeyer) Introduction Physiological Aspects Relevant to Stress-Tolerance Breeding Planting Regime and Site-Specific Effects on Plant Performance Genetic Resources The Classical Approach for Stress Tolerance Breeding Genetic Engineering Strategies Identifying Potential Stress-Tolerant Lines in Maize
• Chapter 16. Breeding for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Oilseed Crops (David A. Dierig) Introduction Genetic Architecture of Oilseed Crops Sources of Genetic Variation Breeding for Tolerance Selection Criteria and Techniques Achievements in Crop Improvement in the Past Few Decades Genetic Engineering for Crop Improvement Limitations and Future Prospects
• Chapter 17. Breeding for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Cotton (Daryl T. Bowman and Randy Wells) Genetic Architecture of Cotton Sources of Genetic Variation Crop Production Abiotic Stresses Breeding Techniques Genetic Engineering for Improvement of Abiotic Stress Tolerance Limitations and Future Prospects
• Chapter 18. Breeding for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Tomato (Majid R. Foolad) Genetic Architecture of Tomato Sources of Genetic Variation Crop Production and Various Stresses Genetics of, and Breeding for Tolerance to Different Stresses Genetic Engineering for Crop Improvement Limitations and Future Prospects Index Reference Notes Included.
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• * The Value of Disease and Insect Resistance
• * Concepts in Disease Resistance
• Variability in Plant Pathogens
• Identification of Physiological Races
• Genetic Nature of Physiological Specialization
• The Importance of Parasitic Variability to the Plant Breeder
• Resistance in the Host
• Structural Defense Mechanisms
• Biochemical Defense Mechanisms
• * Concepts in Insect-Pest Resistance
• Degree of Resistance
• Functional Resistance
• Types of Genetic Resistance
• Effect of Different Types of Resistance on Pest Population
• The Combination of Factors
• The Biotypes of Insect Pests
• Genetics of Virulence
• Genetics of Resistance
• Location of Gene(s) on Chromosomes
• Problems Associated with Breeding for Resistance to Insects
• * Genetics of Host-Parasite Interaction
• Genetics of Resistance
• Inheritance of Induced Resistance
• Location of Resistance Gene(s) on the Chromosomes
• Genetics of Pathogenicity
• Host-Parasite Specificity
• Gene-for-Gene Concept
• A Second Gene-for-Gene Hypothesis
• The Gene-for-Gene and the Protein-for-Protein Hypothesis
• Biochemical Basis of the Gene-for-Gene Hypothesis
• How Does the Gene-for-Gene Relationship Come into the Picture?
• Genetic Limitations to Models of Specific Interactions of the Host and its Parasite
• Gene-for-Gene Basis in HR
• Additive Effects, Genetic Background, Gene Dosage, Dominance Reversal, Heterotic Effect and Environmental Effects
• The Vertifolia Effect
• Host-Specific Phytotoxins and Pathogenesis
• Population Genetics of Gene-for-Gene Interactions
• Fitness Models of Gene-for-Gene Interactions
• Vertical and Horizontal Resistance in Relation to Loss of Fitness
• Epidemiology of Vertical and Horizontal Resistance. * Sources of Resistance and Methods of Testing for Resistance
• Sources of Resistance
• Screening for Resistance to Diseases
• Virus Diseases
• Sequential Inoculations for Multiple Disease Resistance
• Methods of Testing for Resistance to Pests
• Assessment of Insect-Pest Resistance
• * Breeding for Resistance to Diseases and Insects
• Methods of Breeding for Resistance
• Management of Disease and Insect Resistance
• Management of Tolerance
• Management of Horizontal Resistance
• * Production of Disease-Resistant Plants by Unconventional Breeding
• The Cell and Tissue Culture Approach
• Prospects for the Future
• Genetic Marker-based Approach or Molecular Approach
• Transgenic Plants for Biotic Stress Resistance
• * Stability and Vulnerability of Resistance
• Stability of Specific Resistance
• The Proposed Solution
• * References
• * Subject Index.
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The book covers in detail the principles and practices of conventional plant breeding as well as newer and recent biotechnological tools such as marker assisted selection and transgenic crops. The book is suitable for use as an advanced text. A basic knowledge of plant pathogens, insect-pests and their genetics is assumed. In addition, the book can be used as reference book by plant pathologists, entomologists and geneticists engaged in developing germplasm, with resistance to biotic stresses. Attempts have been made to draw specific examples from as many different crop plants and their harmful parasites as possible, and an extensive reference list provides access to the original literature.
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• "Die Lochow-Petkus Pflanzenzüchtung / Jost von Lochow, Joachim Köchling und Reinhard von Broock.
• Vorträge aus der AG (9) Geschichte der Pflanzenzüchtung "Pflanzenzüchtung im Dritten Reich", 3. April 2003 in Einbeck.

Spotlights the history of plant breeding and the seed industry, particularly genetically engineered crops. This second edition includes an extensive new chapter on recent controversies.
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• PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS OF YIELD AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTATION Physiology of Yield and Adaptation in Wheat and Barley Breeding
• J. L. Araus, G.A. Slafer, M.P. Reynolds, and C. Royo Genetic Yield Improvement and Stress Tolerance in Maize
• M. Tollenaar and E.A. Lee Physiological Basis of Yield and Environmental Adaptation in Rice
• S. Peng and A. Ismail Sorghum Physiology
• A. Blum Pearl Millet
• F.R. Bidinger and C.T. Hash Comparative Ecophysiology of Cowpea, Common Bean, and Peanut
• A.E. Hall The Physiological Basis of Soybean Yield Potential and Environmental Adaptation
• T.T. VanToai and J. Specht The Physiological Basis of Yield and Environmental Adaptation
• D. M. Oosterhuis and J. McD. Stewart APPLICATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE CROP YIELD AND ADAPTATION Genome Mapping and Genomic Strategies for Crop Improvement
• P.K. Subudhi and H.T. Nguyen Marker-Assisted Utilization of Exotic Germplasm
• I. Paran Heterosis of Yield: Molecular and Biochemical Perspectives
• C.W. Stuber Genetic Engineering for Enhancing Plant Productivity and Stress Tolerance
• T.-h.D. Ho and R. Wu Genome Mapping and Marker-Assisted Selection for Improving Cotton (Gossypium spp.) Productivity and Quality in Arid Regions
• Y. Saranga and A.H. Patterson Molecular Dissection of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Sorghum and Rice
• M. S. Pathan, P.K. Subudhi, B. Courtois, and H.T. Nguyen Genetic Dissection of Drought Resistance in Maize: A Case Study
• J.-M. Ribaut, M. Banziger, T. Setter, G. Edmeades, and D. Hoisington Physiology and Biotechnology Integration for Plant Breeding: Epilogue
• A. Blum and H.T. Nguyen.
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Global demand for wheat, rice, corn, and other essential grains is expected to steadily rise over the next twenty years. Meeting this demand by increasing production through increased land use is not very likely; and while better crop management may make a marginal difference, most agriculture experts agree that this anticipated deficit must be made up through increased crop yields. The first resource of its kind, "Physiology and Biotechnology Integration for Plant Breeding" assembles current research in crop plant physiology, plant biotechnology, and plant breeding that is aimed toward improving crop plants genetically while supporting a productive agriculture ecosystem. Highly comprehensive, this reference provides access to the most innovative perspectives in crop physiology - with a special emphasis on molecular approaches - aimed at the formulation of those crop cultivars that offer the greatest potential to increase crop yields in stress environments.This work surveys the current state of the field, as well as modern options and avenues for plant breeders and biotechnologists interested in augmenting crop yield and stability. With the contributions of plant scientists from all corners of the globe who are actively involved in meeting this important challenge, "Physiology and Biotechnology Integration for Plant Breeding" provides readers with the background information needed to understand this cutting-edge work, as well as detailed information on present and potential applications. While the first half of this book establishes and fully explains the link between crop physiology and molecular biology, the second part explores the application of biotechnology in the effective delivery of the high yield and environmentally stable crop plants needed to avert the very real possibility of worldwide hunger.
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This book marks the centenary of the rediscovery of Mendel's laws of biological inheritance, which have had their greatest economic impact in the rapid development of the science of plant breeding. It documents the development of methods of plant breeding over a hundred year period beginning with simple hybridization and selection techniques moving to more complex procedures following advances in quantitative and molecular genetics. The concepts and methodology of plant breeding with their underpinning of the advances in classical genetics, molecular biology and biotechnology have received special attention. Plant breeding in the 21st century will be marked with an increasing integration of the classical methods with the newer techniques of modern biotechnology. This book points to the kind of integration, which will be taking place, opening up altogether new possibilities for increasing economic yields through enhancement of harvest index, combined with greater resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. It starts with papers which revisit some of the landmark discoveries in genetics and plant breeding in the last hundred years and goes on to cover a wide range of topics which should be of interest to students, teachers and practitioners of plant breeding. Some of the topics covered include: hybrid breeding and molecular concepts of heterosis; recurrent selection methods and population improvement strategies; quantitative trait loci in crop improvement; genotype environment interaction and mating designs; host-pathogen interactions and durable resistance; breeding for wider adaptability; plant type concept and applications; mutation breeding; chromosome manipulations and molecular cytogenetics; genomics, transgenics and molecular markers; and, plant genetic resources and IPR.
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• Biochemical and molecular markers
• methods of data analysis
• a method for building core collections
• Asian rice
• banana
• cacao
• cassava
• citrus
• coconut
• coffee
• pearl millet
• rubber tree
• sorghum
• sugarcane.
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This study examines the biological characteristics (perennial, annual, autogamous, allogamous) in eleven plants. The chapters cover the use of biological and molecular markers for analysing diversity; data analysis; and a method for constituting core collections, maximizing variability.
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• Mapping, Characterization and Deployment of Quantitative Trait Loci. Marker-Assisted Breeding. Genomic Colinearity and its Application in Crop Plant Improvement. Plant Genetic Engineering. Plant Germplasm Collections as Sources of Useful Genes. Rice Genetic Engineering. The Impact of Plant Genomics on Maize Improvement. Plant Genomics and its Impact on Wheat Breeding.
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• Mapping, characterization and deployment of quantitative trait loci Michael J. Kearsey and Zewei W. Luo, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, UK Marker-assisted breeding Frederic Hospital, INRA, Station de Genetique Vegetale, Gif-sur-Yvette, France Genomic colinearity and its application in crop plant improvement H. John Newbury, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, UK and Andy H. Paterson, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, USA Plant genetic engineering Ian Puddephat, Syngenta, Jealott's Hill International Research Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire, UK Plant germplasm collections as sources of useful genes Ian Godwin, School of Land and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia The impact of plant genomics on maize improvement Donal M. O'Sullivan, Molecular Research Group, NIAB, Cambridge, UK and Keith J. Edwards, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, UK Plant genomics and its impact on wheat breeding James A. Anderson, Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St Paul, Minnesota, USA Genomics and molecular breeding for root and tuber crop improvement Meredith W. Bonierbale, R. Simon, D.P. Zhang and M. Ghislain, International Potato Center, Lima, Peru, C. Mba, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Cali, Colombia and X-Q. Li, Potato Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada References Index.
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The last few years have seen an explosion of new information and resources in the areas of plant molecular genetics and genomics. As a result of developments such as high throughput sequencing, we now have huge amounts of information available on plant genes. But how does this help people charged with the task of improving crop species to create products with altered functions or improved characteristics? "Plant Molecular Breeding" considers ways in which plant breeders can exploit new information, resources, and technology, and gives examples of them in current use. It discusses topics such as marker-assisted breeding, plant genetic engineering, and the effects of plant genomics on breeding for improvements of maize, wheat, roots, and tuber crops. With wide-reaching relevance to the global issues of breeding plants, particularly staple crops, this volume is intended for researchers and professional in plant genetics, molecular biology, cell biology, and biochemistry.
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The last few years have seen an explosion of new information and resources in the areas of plant molecular genetics and genomics. As a result of developments such as high throughput sequencing, we now have huge amounts of information available on plant genes. But how does this help people charged with the task of improving crop species to create products with altered functions or improved characteristics? This volume considers ways in which the new information, resources and technology can be exploited by the plant breeder. Examples in current use will be quoted wherever possible.
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• Part I Genomics, quantitative trait loci, and tissue culture: why quantitative geneticists should care about bioinformatics
• use of molecular markers in plant breeding - drought tolerance improvements in tropical maize
• tissue culture for crop improvement
• transferring genes from wild species into rice. Part II Genotype-by-environment interaction and stability analysis: analyzing QTL by environment interaction by factorial regression, with an application to the CIMMYT drought and low-nitrogen stress programme in maize
• mechanisms of improved nitrogen use efficiency in cereals
• applications of mixed models in plant breeding
• defining adaptation strategies and yield stability targets in breeding programmes. (Part contents).
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This text provides an overview of the rapidly developing integration and interdependence of quantitative genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics, and their application to plant breeding. Chapters have been developed from a symposium held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in March 2001, although additional contributions have also been commissioned especially for this volume. The main topics covered include: quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping, genomics, bioinformatics and marker-assisted selection; tissue culture and alien introgression for crop improvement; and advances in genotype by environment interaction/stability analysis. Authors include international authorities from around the world.
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An award-winning journalist pens a fascinating account of the life and times of Thomas Fairchild, a London nurseryman who discovered hybridization and paved the way for the growth of gardening as a cultural obsession. 8-page color photo insert.
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• INTRODUCTORY TOPICS.
• Darwinian Evolution.
• Origins of Agriculture.
• Evolution During Domestication.
• Mating Systems of Plants.
• Overview of Plant Breeding.
• BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PLANT BREEDING.
• Heredity and Environment.
• Genetic Consequences of Hybridization.
• Inheritance of Continuously Varying Characters: Biometrical Genetics.
• Evolution During Cultivation.
• Marker--Assisted Analysis of Adaptedness in Nature.
• Marker--Assisted Dissection of Adaptedness in Cultivation.
• MODERN BREEDING PLANS.
• Reproductive Systems and Breeding Plans.
• Breeding Self--Pollinated Plants.
• Breeding Hybrid Varieties of Outcrossing Plants.
• Breeding Clonally Propagated Plants.
• Breeding Hybrid Varieties of Selfing Plants and Plants that Are Clonally Propagated in Nature.
• Plant Breeding for Low--Input Agricultures.
• Glossary.
• References.
• Index.
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As ancient as agriculture itself, plant breeding is one of civilization's oldest activities. Today, world food production is more dependent than ever on the successful cultivation of only a handful of major crops, while continuing advances in agriculture rely on successfully breeding new varieties that are well-adapted to their human-influenced ecological circumstances. Plant breeding involves elements of both natural and cultural selection-a process which operates on individual plants and on plant populations. This book offers the most recent detailed knowledge of plant reproduction and their environmental interaction, which can help guide new breeding programs and help insure continuing progress in providing more food for growing populations produced with better care of the environment.
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• Part 1 Introductory topics: historical resume
• crop germplasm
• reproductive systems
• male sterility
• self-incompatibility
• techniques of artificial hybridization
• genetic basis of plant breeding
• selection
• interspecific and intergeneric hybridization. Part 2 Methods of crop breeding: pure-line selection
• pedigree method
• bulk population method
• backcross method
• population improvement
• recurrent selection
• composite and synthetic varieties
• asexually propagated crops
• apomictic grasses
• maize hybrids
• hybrid varieties
• mutation breeding
• polyploid breeding
• disease resistance breeding
• insect resistance breeding
• abiotic stresses
• breeding for specific traits
• plant tissue culture
• genetic engineering. Part 3 Seed production: release and maintenance of crop varieties
• plant variety protection
• hybrid seed production.
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This text explores the fundamentals of plant breeding and hybrid seed production. It examines issues including male sterility, composite and synthetic varieties and disease resistance breeding.
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• The origin of agriculture
• increasing diversity under domestication
• the course of reducing and maintaining genetic diversity under domestication
• speciation under domestication
• weeds and their evolution
• evolution of selected crop plants
• genetic resources for future crop evolution.
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The evolution of plants under domestication is unique in the general fields of plant evolution for many reasons: because it is a comparatively recent event, because the original plant material, i.e. the wild progenitors of many important crop plants still grow in their natural habitats and because man has played a major role in this process. This important book covers the major aspects of this fascinating subject. Contents include coverage of the origin of agriculture, increasing and decreasing diversity and speciation under domestication, and the evolution of weeds and important selected crops.The final chapter of the book is devoted to sources of genetic diversity for future crop plant evolution and looks at how vitally important wild genetic resources can be effectively collected and preserved. "Plant Evolution under Domestication" is an extremely valuable reference source for upper level students and professionals in the areas of plant sciences and agriculture, plant breeding, crop evolution, ethnobotany and related subjects. It should be on the shelves of all those researching and working in this area and in all libraries of plant science and agriculture departments and institutes throughout the world.
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• Genetic models and their role in prediction
• experimental mating designs - an assessment of their use and efficiency in breeding programmes
• selection with and without competition
• multi-environment trials - the problems posed by, and the analysis of, genotype-environment interactions
• stability, adaptability and adaptation
• genetic resources and diversity and eco-geographical breeding
• breeding for biotic and abiotic stress.
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This fourth book in the "Plant Breeding Series" introduces the techniques required to analyse the quantitative genetical variation confronting all plant breeders. It clearly describes the methods available to handle complex characters and their responses to the stresses and constraints imposed on them by the environment. The book focuses on ecological aspects related to breeding, in particular the role of the genetic conservation and gene banks, in supplying plant breeders with the genetically variable material required to produce new varieties of the crop plants. Integrating scientifically both the quantitative and conservational aspects of plant breeding, this important volume will be of interest to students pursuing courses in applied genetics as well as providing an invaluable source for those working in the field to tackle the problems facing plant breeders in the 21st Century.
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• v. 1. Pulses and oilseeds
• v. 2 Cereal and commerical crops

This text focuses on the genetics, cytogenetics and breeding of crop plants. It covers crops such as rice, chickpea, piegeonpea and lentil.
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• New Developments in Selecting for Phenotypic Stability in Crop Breeding, M.S. Kang and Robert Magari Incorporating Additional Information on Genotypes and Environments in Models for Two-Way Genotype-by-Environment Tables, F.A. Van Eeuwijk, J.-B. Denis, and M.S. Kang Relationships Among Analytical Methods Used to Study Genotype-by-Environment Interactions and Evaluation of Their Impact on Response to Selection, M. Cooper and I. DeLacy AMMI Analysis of Yield Trials, H.G. Gauch, Jr. and R.W. Zobel Identification of QTL That Are Affected by Environment, W.D. Beavis and P. Keim Analysis of Genotype-by-Environment Interaction and Phenotypic Stability, H.-P. Piepho Using the Shifted Multiplicative Model Cluster Methods for Crossover Genotype-by-Environment Interaction, J. Crossa, P.L. Cornelius, and M.S. Seyedsadr Statistical Tests and Estimators of Multiplicative Models for Genotype-by-Environment Interaction, P.L. Cornelius, J. Crossa, and M.S. Seyedsadr Nonparametric Analysis of Genotype-by-Environment Interactions by Ranks, M. Huhn Analysis of Multiple-Environment Trials Using the Probability of Outperforming a Check, K.M. Eskridge Breeding for Reliability Across Unpredictable, Widely Divergent Environments, P. Bramel-Cox Variable Active Genic Vs. Parental Genic Proportions Model for Genotype-by-Environment Interaction, L.P. Subedi Selection of Genotypes and Prediction of Performance by Analyzing Genotype-by-Environment Interactions, W.E. Weber, G. Wricke, and T. Westermann Spatial Analysis of Field Experiments: Fertilizer Experiments with Wheat and Tea, R.E. Eisenberg, H.G. Gauch, Jr., R.W. Zobel, and W. Killian Bibliography, J.-B. Denis, H.G. Gauch, Jr., M.S. Kang, and F.A. Van Eeuwijk.
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Genotype-by-Environment Interaction (GEI) is a prevalent issue among crop farmers, plant breeders, geneticists, and production agronomists. This book brings together contributions from expert plant breeders and quantitative geneticists to better understand the relationship between crop performance and environment. This information can reduce the cost of extensive genotype evaluation by eliminating unnecessary testing sites and by fine-tuning breeding programs.Molecular aspects of GEI are discussed for the first time and key bibliographical references on GEI are included in an appendix.
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• v. 1. Fundamental aspects and methods
• v. 2. Applications
• v. 3. Important selected plants
• v. 4. Cereals
• v. 5. Oil, ornamental and miscellaneous plants.

The 18 chapters making up "In Vitro Haploid Production in Higher Plants" are divided into two sections. Section 1 (eight chapters) covers historical and fundamental aspects of haploidy in crop improvement. Section 2 deals with methods of haploid production, including anther culture, micropore culture, ovary culture, pollination with irradiated pollen, in vitro pollination and special culture techniques, including polyhaploid production in the Triticeae by sexual hybridization, the influence of ethylene and gelling agents on anther culture, conditional lethal markers, and methods of chromosome doubling.
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This third volume on "In Vitro Haploid Production in Higher Plants" consists of 20 chapters. Each chapter contains some introductory material on the selected plant, the techniques used most successfully for haploid production (anther culture, microspore culture, and ovary culture), the factors that influence the success of these techniques, the identification and genetic characterization of haploid regenerants, the applications of haploids in breeding, and a brief conclusion on the potential of haploid breeding for the crop. The plants covered include vegetable crops (Allium spp., Capsicum, Chicorium, Cucumis, Solanum melongena, Solanum tuberosum); fruit crops (Malus, Fragaria, Vitis); and other miscellaneous crops (Beta, Coffea, Ginkgo, Glycine, Medicago, Saccarum, Sinocalamus latiflora, forest trees). Some chapters also cover protoplast manipulation and genetic transformation.
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• Part I Breeding and improvement. Part II Production, processing and utilization. Part III Development and socio-economics. Part IV Country reports.
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This volume not only represents a record of the work accomplished during the expert consultation of scientists in Bangkok in 1993, but contains pointers to crucial areas and topics of future exploratory work in medicinal and aromatic plants in Asia.
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