Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 34 - new book

EAN (ISBN-13): 9780470880562
ISBN (ISBN-10): 0470880562
Publishing year: 2011
Publisher: Wiley
320 Pages
Language: eng/Englisch

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ISBN/EAN: 9780470880562

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Author: Jules Janick
Title: Plant Breeding Reviews; Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 34
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; John Wiley & Sons
320 Pages
Publishing year: 2011-02-07
Language: English
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Contributors. 1. Dedication: Kenneth J. Frey: Oat Breeder, Educator, andChampion of Plant Breeding (Ann Marie Thro and LarryRobertson). I. Introduction. II. Early Life and Career Beginnings. III. Research. IV. Graduate Educator. V. Champion of Plant Breeding: The National Plant BreedingStudy. VI. The Man. VII. Awards and Honors. VIII. Epilogue. Literature Cited. Selected Publications of Kenneth J. Frey. 2. Strategies for Enhancing Grain Yield in Maize (M.Tollenaar and E. A. Lee). I. A Historical Perspective. II. Opportunities for Future Yield Improvement. III. Plant Density. IV. Improvement in Resource-Use Efficiency. V. Conclusions. Literature Cited. 3. Quality Protein Maize: Progress and Prospects (G.N. Atlin, N. Palacios, R. Babu, B. Das, S. Twumasi-Afriyie, D. K.Friesen, H. De Groote, B. Vivek, and K. V. Pixley). I. Introduction. II. Quality Protein Maize: A Complex Genetic and BiochemicalSystem. III. Human Nutritional Benefits of QPM. IV. QPM a s Livestock Feed. V. Progress in the Development of QPM Hybrids andSynthetics. VI. Release and Adoption of QPM Cultivars. VII. Conclusions. Literature Cited. 4. Vegetative Phase Change in Maize: Biotic Resistance andAgronomic Performance (M. A. Chandler, E. S. Riedeman, andW. F. Tracy). I. Introduction. II. Vegetative Phase Change and Biotic Resistance in Maize. III. Vegetative Phase Change and Agronomic Performance inMaize. IV. Vegetative Phase Change and Pest Resistance on Other PlantSpecies. V. Summary and Conclusions. Literature Cited. 5. Plant Interspecific Hybridization: Outcomes and Issues atthe Intersection of Species (Ed R. Morgan, Gail M.Timmerman-Vaughan, Anthony J. Conner, William B. Griffin, andRichard Pickering). I. Introduction. II. Species and Hybrids. III. Protocols for Hybridization. IV. Outcomes of Hybridization. V. Genomic and Gene Expression Consequences of InterspecificHybridization. VI. Verification of Hybrids. VII. Estimating Donor Parental DNA Content in Progeny FromHybrids. VIII. Conclusions. Literature Cited. 6. DNA-Based Identification of Clonally PropagatedCultivars (Hilde Nybom and Kurt Weising). I. Introduction. II. Molecular Methods. III. Choice of Method. IV. Applications. V. Conclusions and Future Outlooks. Literature Cited. 7. Designing Marker-Assisted Inbred Line DevelopmentStrategies Using Computer Simulation (Guoyou Ye and M. vanGinkel). I. Introduction. II. Requirements for Modeling Breeding Program. III. Recent Development in Genetic Mapping. IV. investigating the Effectiveness of MAS Strategies. V. Examples to Demonstrate the Design of MAS Strategies. VI. Prospects. VII. Conclusion. Literature Cited. Subject Index. Cumulative Subject Index. Cumulative Contributor Index.