1. IMPORTANCE OF PLANT BREEDING

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. CONTENTS 5
3. PREFACE 11
4. 1. IMPORTANCE OF PLANT BREEDING 13
5. 2. PHYTOGEOGRAPHICAL DIFFERENTIATION AS A BASIS OF PLANT BREEDING 18
6. 3. SOURCES OF GENETIC VARIABILITY 32
7. 4. GENETIC BASIS OF BREEDING SELF-POLLINATED PLANTS 42
8. 5. GENETIC BASIS OF BREEDING OPEN POLLINATED PLANTS 56
9. 6. TRAIT, GENOTYPE, AND PHENOTYPE 69
10. 7. METHODOLOGIES OF PLANT BREEDING 79
11. 8. A CONCEPT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CULTIVARS 85
12. 9. SELECTION OF MATERIAL FOR BREEDING 94
13. 10. IMPORTANCE OF CROSSING METHODS 108
14. 11. NUMBER OF CROSS COMBINATIONS AND SIZES OF F₂ GENERATIONS 116
15. 12. METHODS OF SELECTION 122
16. 13. SELECTION FOR TRAITS AND GENETIC GAIN FROM SELECTION 154
17. 14. PLANT BREEDING FOR RESISTANCE TO PARASITES 164
18. 15. BREEDING FOR YIELD 188
19. 16. USE OF HETEROSIS 234
20. 17. MUTATIONS IN PLANT BREEDING 255
21. 18. CHROMOSOME ENGINEERING 264
22. 19. GENETIC ENGINEERING 295
23. 20. BREEDING VEGETATIVELY PROPAGATED PLANTS 310
24. 21. GENETIC COMPOSITION AND ADAPTABILITY OF THE CULTIVAR 322
25. 22. GENETIC BASIS OF SEED PRODUCTION AND INTRODUCTION OF CULTIVARS INTO PRODUCTION 350
26. AUTHOR INDEX 359
27. SUBJECT INDEX 366