 Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 27, Plant Breeding Reviews
ISBN: 978-0-471-73213-6
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384 pages
January 2006
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1. Dedication: Fredrick A. Bliss Teacher, Researcher, and Director of Plant Breeding (Thomas C. Osborn).
2. Sugarcane Improvement through Breeding and Biotechnology (Ray Ming, Paul H. Moore, Kuo-Kao Wu, Angélique D’Hont, Jean C. Glaszmann, Thomas L. Tew, T. Erik Mirkov, Jorge da Silva, John Jifon, Mamta Rai, Raymond J. Schnell, Stevens M. Brumbley, Prakash Lakshmanan, Jack C. Comstock, and Andrew H. Paterson).
I. Introduction.
II. Sugarcane Breeding.
III. Sugarcane Improvement Through Biotechnology.
Literature Cited.
3. Breeding for Resistance to Maize Foliar Pathogens (Richard C. Pratt and Stuart G. Gordon).
I. Introduction.
II. Diseases Incited by Fungal Pathogens.
III. Diseases Incited by Viral Pathogens.
IV. Diseases Incited by Bacterial Pathogens.
V. Summary.
Literature Cited.
4. Synteny in the Rosaceae (Pere Arús, Toshiya Yamamoto, Elisabeth Dirlewanger, and Albert G. Abbott).
I. Introduction.
II. Genetic Maps in the Main Rosaceae Species.
III. Map Comparisons.
IV. Other Genetic Resources of Interest for Map Comparison.
V. Future Prospects.
Literature Cited.
5. Genetic Mapping and Molecular Breeding in Cucurbits (Yi-Hong Wang, Ralph A. Dean, and Tarek Joobeur).
I. Introduction.
II Classic Genetic Maps.
III. Molecular Genetic Maps.
IV. Gene Tagging.
V. QTL Mapping.
VI. Molecular Breeding.
VII. Gene Cloning.
VIII. Cucurbit Genomics.
IX. Future Prospects.
Literature Cited.
6. Breeding Douglas-Fir (Glenn T. Howe, Keith Jayawickrama, Marilyn Cherry, G. R. Johnson, and Nicholas C. Wheeler).
I. Abbreviations.
II. Introduction.
III. Distinctive Characteristics of Forest Trees.
IV. Douglas-Fir: The Species.
V. Factors That Influence Douglas-Fir Breeding.
VI. Breeding Goals and Objectives.
VII. Overview of Tree Breeding Methods.
VIII. Breeding Programs.
IX. Breeding and Testing Methods.
X. Production of Improved Materials for Reforestation.
XI. Biotechnology.
XII. Gene Conservation.
XIII. Acknowledgments.
Literature Cited.
Subject Index.
Cumulative Subject Index.
Cumulative Contributor Index.
