Plant Breeding: Mendelian to Molecular Approaches

ISBN-13: 9789401037730 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 811 str.

H. K. Jain; M. C. Kharkwal

Opis

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
. Plant genetic resources and IPR

Spis treści

1. Hundred Years of Genetics: Revisiting Some of the Landmark.- 2. A Century of Advances in Plant Breeding Methodologie.- 3. Plant Breeding Science and Practice in the Twentieth Century: Some Landmark.- 4. Chromosome Manipulations for Crop Improvement.- 5. Advances in Molecular Cytogenetics: Potential for Crop Improvement.- 6. Transposable Elements and Epigenetic Mechanisms: Significance and Implication.- 7. Genetics of Host-Pathogen Interaction and Breeding for Durable Resistance.- 8. Genetic Improvement for Abiotic Stress Response.- 9. In-vitro Approaches to Crop Improvement.- 10. Molecular Markers in Improvement of Wheat and Brassica.- 11. Genome Mapping and Map Based Cloning.- 12. Genome-Wide Molecular Approaches in Plants: From Structure to Function.- 13. Application of Biotechnology to Maize and Wheat Improvement.- 14. Transgenics in Crop Improvement.- 15. Selection for Simple and Complex Trait.- 16. Population Improvement Strategies for Crop Improvement.- 17. Classical and Molecular Concepts of Heterosis.- 18. Advances in Hybrid Breeding Methodology.- 19. Heterosis in Crop Improvement.- 20. Cytoplasmic-Nuclear Male Sterility: Origin, Evaluation and Utilization.- 21. Quantitative Trait Improvement: Classical and Molecular Concept.- 22. Mating Designs and Their Implications for Plant Breeding.- 23. Genotype-by-Environment Interaction in Crop Improvement.- 24. Breeding for Wider Adaptability.- 25. Plant Ideotype: The Concept and Application.- 26. Mutation Breeding for Crop Improvement.- 27. Induced Mutations and Selection Techniques for Quantitative Traits.- 28. Collection, Conservation and Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources.- 29. Intellectual Property Rights Related Issues in Plant Breeding.- 30. Breeding Legumes for Improved Nitrogen Fixation.- 31. Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Crop Responses.- The Contributors.- Author Index.