PLANT BREEDING: Classical to Modern

PLANT BREEDING: Classical to Modern by P. M. Priyadarshan.

This book offers a detailed overview of both conventional and modern approaches to plant breeding. In 25 chapters, it explores various aspects of conventional and modern means of plant breeding, including: history, objective, activities, centres of origin, plant introduction, reproduction, incompati...

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Main Author: Priyadarshan, P. M. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Plant breeding.
Plant physiology.
Plant anatomy.
Plant development.
Plant genetics.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. General Topics
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Objectives, Activities and Centres of Origin
  • 3. Plant Introduction
  • Part II. Developmental Aspects
  • 4. Mode of Reproduction and Breeding Systems in Plants
  • 5. Incompatibility
  • 6. Sterility
  • 7. Biometrics and Informatics
  • Part III. Breeding Methods
  • 8. Selection
  • 9. Backcross Method of Selection
  • 10. Hybridization
  • 11. Breeding Self-pollinated Crops
  • 12. Breeding Cross-Pollinated Crops
  • 13. Inbred Line Development
  • 14. Population Improvement
  • Part IV. Specialized Breeding
  • 15. Heterosis
  • 16. Hybrids and Synthetic Cultivars
  • 17. Induced Mutations and Polyploidy Breeding
  • 18. Distant Hybridization
  • 19. Quality Breeding
  • 20. Ideotype Breeding and Multi-trait Selection
  • 21. Host Plant Resistance Breeding
  • 22. Breeding for Stress Adaptation
  • 23. Genotype-By-Environment Interactions
  • Part V. Plant Biotechnology
  • 24. Tissue Culture
  • 25. Genetic Engineering
  • 26. Molecular Breeding
  • 27. Genomics in Plant Breeding
  • Part VI Intellectual Property Management
  • 28. Intellectual Property Management.

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