Genetic Improvement of Tropical Crops

• Main Authors: Campos, Hugo (Author), Caligari, Peter D.S (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Trees.; Plant breeding.; Life Sciences.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Genetics and Genomics.; Tree Biology.

This book provides a fresh, updated perspective of the current status and perspectives in genetic improvement of a diverse array of tropical crops. The first part covers aspects which are relevant across crops, namely how to maximize the use of genetic information through modern bioinformatic approa...

Table of Contents:

• Part 1 Enabling Technologies
• Chapter 1 Statistical Approaches in Plant Breeding: Maximizing the Use of the Genetic Information
• Chapter 2 Genomic Selection – State of the Art
• Part 2  Crops
• Chapter 3 Tropical Maize (Zea mays L.)
• Chapter 4 Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
• Chapter 5 Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)
• Chapter 6 Sweetpotato, (Ipomoea batatas L.)
• Chapter 7 Bananas and Plantains (Musa spp.)
• Chapter 8 Oil Palm (Elaeis guinensis)
• Chapter 9 Sugarcane (S. officinarum X S. spontaneum).