Principles of plant genetics and breeding /

• Main Author: Acquaah, George
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
• Edition: Second edition.
• Subjects: Plant breeding.; Plant genetics.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > General.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Sustainable Agriculture.; Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

• Section 1. Overview and historical perspectives
• section 2. Population and quantitative genetic principles
• section 3. Reproductive systems
• section 4. Germplasm for breeding
• section 5. Breeding objectives
• section 6. Selection methods
• section 7. Molecular breeding
• section 8. Marketing and societal issues in breeding
• section 9. Breeding selected crops.