Principles of plant genetics and breeding. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: George Acquaah.
• Authors: Acquaah, George
• Contents: DEDICATION PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INDUSTRY HIGHLIGHTS BOXES INDUSTRY HIGHLIGHTS BOXES: AUTHORS SECTION 1: OVERVIEW AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 What is plant breeding? 1.2 The goals of plant breeding 1.3 The concept of genetic manipulations of plant attributes 1.4 Why breed plants? 1.5 Overview of the basic steps in plant breeding 1.6 How have plant breeding objectives changed over the years 1.7 The art and science of plant breeding 1.8 Training of plant breeders 1.9 The plant breeding industry 1.10 Duration and cost of plant breeding programs 1.11 The future of plant breeding in society 1.12 The organization of the book CHAPTER 2 HISTORY OF PLANT BREEDING 2.1 Origins of agriculture and plant breeding 2.2 The “Unknown Breeder” 2.3 Plant manipulation efforts by early civilizations 2.4 Early pioneers of the theories and practices of modern plant breeding 2.5 Later pioneers and trailblazers 2.6 History of plant breeding technologies/techniques 2.7 Genome-wide approaches to crop improvement 2.8 Bioinformatics and OMICs technologies in crop improvement 2.9 Summary of changes in plant breeding over the last half century 2.10 Achievement of modern plant breeders SECTION 2 POULATION AND QUANTITAVTIVE GENETIC PRINCIPLES CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCTION TO CONCEPTS OF POPULATION GENETICS 3.1 Concepts of a population and gene pool 3.2 Issues arising from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium 3.3 Factors affecting changes in gene frequency 3.4 Frequency dependent selection 3.5 Summary of key plant breeding applications 3.6 Modes of selection 3.7 Effect of mating system on selection 3.8 The concept of inbreeding 3.9 Inbreeding and its implications in plant breeding 3.10 Concept of population improvement 3.11 Types of open pollenated populations CHAPTER 4 INTRODUCTION TO QUANTITATIVE GENETICS 4.1 What is quantitative genetics? 4.2 What is a quantitative trait? 4.3 Qualitative genetics versus quantitative genetics 4.4 The environment and quantitative variation 4.5 Polygenes and polygenic inheritance 4.6 Decision-making in breeding based on biometrical genetics 4.7 Gene action 4.8 Gene action and plant breeding 4.9 Variance components of a quantitative trait 4.10 The concept of heritability 4.11 Response to selection in breeding 4.12 Concept of correlated response 4.13 Selection for multiple traits 4.14 Concept of intuitive index 4.15 The concept of general worth 4.16 Nature of breeding characteristics and their levels of expression 4.17 Early generation testing 4.18 Concept of combining ability 4.19 Mating designs 4.20 The genetic architecture of quantitative traits 4.21 The effect of QTL on phenotype 4.22 Molecular basis of quantitative variation 4.23 Systems genetics 4.24 Predicting breeding value 4.25 Genomic selection (genome wide selection) 4.26 Mapping quantitative traits SECTION 3 REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS CHAPTER 5 INTRODUCTION TO REPRODUCTION 5.1 Importance of mode of reproduction to plant breeding 5.2 Overview of reproductive options in plants 5.3 Types of reproduction 5.4 Sexual reproduction 5.5 What is autogamy? 5.6 Self incompatibility 5.7 Male sterility 5.8 Dichogamy 5.9 Genetic and breeding implications of autogamy 5.10 Genotype conversion programs 5.11 What is allogamy? 5.12 Artificial pollination control techniques 5.13 Inbreeding depression 5.14 Mendelian concepts relating to the reproductive system 5.15 Complex inheritance CHAPTER 6 HYBRIDIZATION 6.1 Concept of gene transfer and hybridization 6.2 Application of crossing in plant breeding 6.3 Artificial hybridization 6.4 Artificial pollination control techniques 6.5 Flower and flowering issues in hybridization 6.6 Emasculation 6.7 Pollination 6.8 Number of F1 crosses to make 6.9 Genetic issues in hybridization 6.10 Types of populations generated through hybridization 611 Wide crosses 6.12 Issue of reproductive isolation barriers 6.13 Overcoming challenges of reproductive barriers 6.14 Bridge crosses CHAPTER 7 CLONAL PROPAGATION AND IN VITRO CULTURE 7.1 What is a clone? 7.2 Clones, inbred lines, and pure lines 7.3 Categories of clonally propagated species based on economic use 7.4 Categories of clonally propagated species for breeding purposes 7.5 Types of clonal propagation 7.6 Importance of clonal propagation in plant breeding 7.7 Breeding implications of clonal propagation 7.8 Genetic issues in clonal breeding 7.9 Breeding approaches used in clonal species 7.10 Natural propagation 7.11 In vitro culture 7.12 Micropropagation 7.13 Concept of totipotency 7.14 Somaclonal variation 7.15 Apomixis 7.16 Other tissue culture applications 7.17 Production of haploids 7.18 Doubled haploids 7.19 Germplasm preservation SECTION 4 GERMPLASM FOR BREEDING CHAPTER 8 VARIATION: TYPES, ORIGIN AND SCALE 8.1 Classifying plants 8.2 Rules of classification of plants 8.3 Operational classification systems 8.4 Types of variation among plants 8.5. Origins of genetic variability 8.6 Biotechnology for creating genetic variability 8.7 Scale of variability CHAPTER 9 PLANT DOMESTICATION 9.1 The concept of evolution 9.2 What is domestication 9.3 Evolution versus domestication 9.4 Conscious selection versus unconscious selection 9.5 Patterns of plant domestication 9.6 Centers of plant domestication 9.7 Roll call of domesticated plants 9.8 Changes accompanying domestication 9.9 Genetic bottleneck 9.10 Tempo of domestication 9.11 Genetic architecture and domestication 9.12 Models of domestication 9.13 Modern breeding is a continuation of the domestication process CHAPTER 10 PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES 10.1 Importance of germplasm to plant breeding 10.2 Centers of diversity in plant breeding 10.3 Sources of germplasm for plant breeding 10.4 Concept of genetic vulnerability 10.5 What plant breeders can do to address crop vulnerability 10.6 Wild (exotic) germplasm in plant breeding 10.7 Plant genetic resources conservation 10.8 Nature of cultivated plant genetic resources 10.9 Approaches to germplasm conservation 10.10 Germplasm collection 10.11 Types of plant germplasm collection 10.12 Managing plant genetic resources 10.13 Issue of redundancy and the concept of core subsets 10.14 Germplasm storage technologies 10.15 Using gene
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: Chichester : Wiley Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 631.53; Plant breeding; Plant genetics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781119626695; 9781119626343
• Related ISBNs: 9781119626329
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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