George Acquaah

Principles of Plant Genetics and Breeding (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

To respond to the increasing need to feed the world's population as well as an ever greater demand for a balanced and healthy diet there is a continuing need to produce improved new cultivars or varieties of plants, particularly crop plants. The strategies used to produce these are increasingly based on our knowledge of relevant science, particularly genetics, but involves a multidisciplinary understanding that optimizes the approaches taken. Principles of Plant Genetics and Breeding, 2nd Edition 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 the new, updated edition of this text. Industry highlight boxes are included throughout the text to contextualize the information given through the professional experiences of plant breeders. The final chapters provide a useful reference on breeding the largest and most common crops. * Up-to-date edition of this bestselling book incorporating the most recent technologies in the field * Combines both theory and practice in modern plant breeding * Updated industry highlights help to illustrate the concepts outlined in the text * Self assessment questions at the end of each chapter aid student learning * Accompanying website with artwork from the book available to instructors

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 760
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118313695
• Artikelnr.: 37341322

Autorenporträt

George Acquaah is Dean at Bowie State University. He is the author of four critically acclaimed textbooks, and has received numerous awards, including the prestigious USDA Award for Excellence in College and University Teaching in Food and Agricultural Sciences, and the Millennium Award for Excellence in Teaching, presented by the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the US.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
ix Acknowledgements
xi Industry highlights boxes
xiii Industry highlights boxes: authors
xv Section 1 Overview and historical perspectives
1 1 Introduction
3 2 History of plant breeding
22 Section 2 Population and quantitative genetic principles
41 3 Introduction to concepts of population genetics
43 4 Introduction to quantitative genetics
63 Section 3 Reproductive systems
95 5 Introduction to reproduction and autogamy
97 6 Allogamy
121 7 Hybridization
131 8 Clonal propagation and in vitro culture
146 Section 4 Germplasm for breeding
171 9 Variation: types
origin and scale
173 10 Plant domestication
185 11 Plant genetic resources
199 Section 5 Breeding objectives
227 12 Yield and morphological traits
229 13 Quality traits
246 14 Breeding for resistance to diseases and insect pests
260 15 Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses
280 Section 6 Selection methods
301 16 Breeding self-pollinated species
303 17 Breeding cross-pollinated species
337 18 Breeding hybrid cultivars
355 19 Breeding clonally propagated species
374 Section 7 Molecular breeding
383 20 Molecular markers
385 21 Mapping of genes
402 22 Marker assisted selection
424 23 Mutagenesis in plant breeding
436 24 Polyploidy in plant breeding
452 25 Molecular genetic modifications and genome-wide genetics
470 Section 8 Marketing and societal issues in breeding
489 26 Performance evaluation for crop cultivar release
491 27 Seed certification and commercial seed release
511 28 Regulatory and legal issues
523 29 Value-driven concepts and social concerns
543 30 International plant breeding efforts
556 Section 9 Breeding selected crops
575 31 Breeding wheat
577 32 Breeding corn
591 33 Breeding rice
606 34 Breeding sorghum
617 35 Breeding soybean
629 36 Breeding peanut
639 37 Breeding potato
647 38 Breeding cotton
657 39 Breeding tomato
667 40 Breeding cucumber
679 41 Breeding roses
682 Supplementary chapters: review of genetic statistical principles
689 1 Plant cellular organization and genetic structure: an overview
691 2 Common statistical methods in plant breeding
707 Glossary of terms
726 Appendix 1: Conversion rates
731 Index
732  

Rezensionen

"This is an excellent textbook for students and teachers of plant breeding." (Expl Agric, 1 January 2013)