Plant breeding and cultivar development - Singh, Dhan Pal; Singh, Arti; Singh, Asheesh K. (London : Academic Press, 2021)
1.Plant breeding: past, present, and future perspectives -- 2. Mode of reproduction in crop plants -- 3. Genetics in relation to plant breeding -- 4. Primer on population and quantitative genetics -- 5. Plant genetics resources -- 6. Wide hybridization -- 7. Haploidy and polyploidy in crop improvement -- 8. Hybridization and selection in self-pollinated crops -- 9. Mass and pure line selection -- 10. Bulk method -- 11. Pedigree method -- 12. Single seed descent method -- 13. Backcross method -- 14. Mutation breeding -- 15. Inbreeding depression and heterosis
Includes bibliographical references and index
Keywords: Plant breeding