Plant breeding : past, present and future /
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Author / Creator: | Bradshaw, John E., author. |
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Imprint: | Switzerland : Springer, 2016. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xxviii, 693 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11253621 |
Table of Contents:
- Domestication, Dispersion, Selection and Hybridization of Cultivated Plants
- Scientific Breeding in the 20th Century and Future Goals
- DNA and the Origin of Variation
- Mendelian Genetics and Linkage Maps
- Gene Expression and Selection of Major Genes
- Quantitative Genetics and Genomic Selection
- Genotype × Environment Interactions and Selection Environments
- Genome Evolution and Polyploidy
- Genetic Structure of Landraces
- Open-Pollinated and Synthetic Cultivars from Population Improvement
- Clonal Cultivars from Multistage Multitrait Selection
- Hybrid Cultivars from Inbreeding and Crossbreeding
- Inbred Line Cultivars and Mixtures from Hybridization and Inbreeding
- Genetic Basis of Heterosis and Inbred Line versus Hybrid Cultivars
- Use of Sexual Reproduction in Base Broadening and Introgression
- Mutation Breeding
- Genetically Modified Crops
- Durable Resistance to Pests and Diseases
- Way Ahead.