PLANT BREEDING: Classical to Modern

• Main Author: Priyadarshan, P. M. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Plant breeding.; Plant physiology.; Plant anatomy.; Plant development.; Plant genetics.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Anatomy/Development.; Plant Genetics and Genomics.

This book offers a detailed overview of both conventional and modern approaches to plant breeding. In 25 chapters, it explores various aspects of conventional and modern means of plant breeding, including: history, objective, activities, centres of origin, plant introduction, reproduction, incompati...

Table of Contents:

• Part I. General Topics
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Objectives, Activities and Centres of Origin
• 3. Plant Introduction
• Part II. Developmental Aspects
• 4. Mode of Reproduction and Breeding Systems in Plants
• 5. Incompatibility
• 6. Sterility
• 7. Biometrics and Informatics
• Part III. Breeding Methods
• 8. Selection
• 9. Backcross Method of Selection
• 10. Hybridization
• 11. Breeding Self-pollinated Crops
• 12. Breeding Cross-Pollinated Crops
• 13. Inbred Line Development
• 14. Population Improvement
• Part IV. Specialized Breeding
• 15. Heterosis
• 16. Hybrids and Synthetic Cultivars
• 17. Induced Mutations and Polyploidy Breeding
• 18. Distant Hybridization
• 19. Quality Breeding
• 20. Ideotype Breeding and Multi-trait Selection
• 21. Host Plant Resistance Breeding
• 22. Breeding for Stress Adaptation
• 23. Genotype-By-Environment Interactions
• Part V. Plant Biotechnology
• 24. Tissue Culture
• 25. Genetic Engineering
• 26. Molecular Breeding
• 27. Genomics in Plant Breeding
• Part VI Intellectual Property Management
• 28. Intellectual Property Management.