Quantitative Genetics, Genomics and Plant Breeding.

This text provides an overview of the rapidly developing integration and interdependence of quantitative genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics, and their application to plant breeding. Authors include international authorities from around the world.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kang, M. S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford : CAB International, 2002.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1 Vignettes of the History of Genetics; Section I Genomics, Quantitative Trait Loci and Tissue Culture; 2 Quantitative Genetics, Genomics and the Future of Plant Breeding; 3 Why Quantitative Geneticists should Care about Bioinformatics; 4 QTL Analysis: Problems and (Possible) Solutions; 5 Association Mapping in Plant Populations; 6 Integrating Molecular Techniques into Quantitative Genetics and Plant Breeding; 7 Use of Molecular Markers in Plant Breeding: Drought Tolerance Improvement in Tropical Maize; 8 Explorations with Barley Genome Maps.