Plant Breeding in the Omics Era

• Main Author: Ortiz Ríos, Rodomiro (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Developmental biology.; Plant anatomy.; Plant development.; Plant genetics.; Plant physiology.; Plant breeding.; Life Sciences.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.; Plant Anatomy/Development.; Plant Physiology.; Developmental Biology.

This book provides analysis of plant breeding and its role for producing high-yielding cultivars that increase farming profitability and sustainability. This work analyzes the past and present of plant breeding, while providing research that investigates the future of crop improvement. Plant breedin...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Plant Breeding
• Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
• Inbred Development
• Population Improvement
• Heterosis and Inter-Specific Hybridization
• Mutations and Epigenetics
• Genetic Engineering and Transgenic Breeding
• DNA Sequencing, other Omics and Synthetic Biology
• Breeding Self-fertilizing Plants: From Inbred to Hybrid Cultivars
• Breeding Open Pollinated, Hybrid and Transgenic Outcrossing Species
• Polyploidy and Plant Breeding
• Seeds, Clones and Perennials
• Diversity, Intellectual Property and Plant Variety Protection.