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  title info:
    title: Quantitative Genetics in Maize Breeding
  name:
    name part: Carena, Marcelo J.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Hallauer, Arnel R.
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Miranda Filho, J.B.
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xxu
    date issued: 2010
    edition: 3.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XVI, 664 p. online resource.
  abstract: Handbook of Plant Breeding Arnel R. Hallauer • Marcelo J. Carena • J.B. Miranda Filho Quantitative Genetics in Maize Breeding Public investment in maize breeding from 1865 to 1996 was $3 billion (Crosbie et al., 2004) and the return on investment was $260 billion as a consequence of applied maize breeding, even without full understanding of the genetic basis of heterosis. Quantitative genetics has allowed the integration of prebreeding with cultivar development by characterizing populations genetically, adapting them to places never thought of (e.g., tropical to short seasons), improving them by all sorts of intra and inter population recurrent selection methods, extracting lines with more prob ability of success, and exploiting inbreeding and heterosis. Quantitative Genetics in Maize Breeding aims to increase awareness of the relative value and impact of maize breeding for food, feed, and fuel security. Without breeding programs continuously developing improved germplasm, no technology can develop improved cultivars. This volume presents principles and data that can be applied to maximize genetic im provement of germplasm and develop superior genotypes in different crops. This is a unique and permanent contribution to breeders, geneti cists, students, policy makers, and land grant institutions still promoting quality research in applied plant breeding as opposed to promoting grant monies and indirect costs at any short term cost. The book is dedicated to those who envision the development of the next generation of cultivars with less need of water and inputs, with better nutrition; and with higher percentages of exotic germplasm as well as those that pursue independent research goals before searching for funding. Arnel R. Hallauer is C. F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture (Emeritus) at Iowa State University (ISU). Dr. Hallauer has led maize breeding research for mid season maturity at ISU since 1958. His work has had a worldwide impact on plant breedi…
  table of contents: Means and Variances -- Resemblance Between Relatives -- Hereditary Variance: Mating Designs -- Hereditary Variance: Experimental Estimates -- Selection: Theory -- Selection: Experimental Results -- Testers and Combining Ability -- Inbreeding -- Heterosis -- Germplasm -- Breeding Plans.
  note: by Marcelo J. Carena, Arnel R. Hallauer, J.B. Miranda Filho.
  subject:
    topic: Life sciences
  subject:
    topic: Biochemistry
  subject:
    topic: Plant biochemistry
  subject:
    topic: Plant science
  subject:
    topic: Botany
  subject:
    topic: Plant genetics
  subject:
    topic: Plant breeding
  subject:
    topic: Life Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Plant Genetics & Genomics
  subject:
    topic: Biochemistry, general
  subject:
    topic: Plant Breeding/Biotechnology
  subject:
    topic: Plant Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Plant Biochemistry
  classification: QH433
  classification: 581.35
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      title: Springer eBooks
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    title info:
      title: Handbook of Plant Breeding ; 6
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