Principles of plant breeding

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Allard, R. W. [ (Robert Wayne)] , 1919- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : John Wiley , c1999
Edition:2nd ed
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Online Access:Table of Contents
Table of Contents:
  • INTRODUCTORY TOPICS
  • 1. Darwinian Evolution
  • 2. Origins of Agriculture
  • 3. Evolution During Domestication
  • 4. Mating Systems of Plants
  • 5. Overview of Plant Breeding
  • BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PLANT BREEDING
  • 6. Heredity and Environment
  • 7. Genetic Consequences of Hybridization
  • 8. Inheritance of Continuously Varying Characters: Biometrical Genetics
  • 9. Evolution During Cultivation
  • 10. Marker-Assisted Analysis of Adaptedness in Nature
  • 11. Marker-Assisted Dissection of Adaptedness in Cultivation
  • MODERN BREEDING PLANS
  • 12. Reproductive Systems and Breeding Plans
  • 13. Breeding Self-Pollinated Plants
  • 14. Breeding Hybrid Varieties of Outcrossing Plants
  • 15. Breeding Clonally Propagated Plants
  • 16. Breeding Hybrid Varieties of Selfing Plants and Plants that Are Clonally Propagated in Nature
  • 17. Plant Breeding for Low-Input Agricultures