Plant Breeding Reviews . Volume 3 [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910133451703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, : John Wiley & Sons, 1985
• ISBN: 1-118-06100-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (457 p.)
• Collana: Plant Breeding Reviews ; ; v. 3
• Altri autori (Persone): JanickJules <1931->
• Disciplina: 631.5305
• Soggetti: Plant breeding -- Periodicals; Plant breeding; Agriculture; Earth & Environmental Sciences; Plant Sciences; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 3; Contents; Contributors; 1 Dedication: Glenn W. Burton A Maker of Green Pastures; I. The Productions; II. Methodology; III. Service and Honors; Publications of Glenn W. Burton; 2 Physiological Genetics of Plant Maturity, Adaptation, and Yield; I. Introduction; II. Relationships of Maturity and Photoperiod-Temperature to Genetics, Development, Yield, and Adaptation; III. Opportunities in Breeding for Maturity; IV. The Complex Character of Maturity; V. The Flowering Tendency and Its Genetic Direction; VI. The Photoperiod Response-1Its Environmental Modulations and Genetic DirectionVII. Photoperiod X Temperature Interactions; VIII. The Vernalization Response and Its Genetic Direction; IX. Developmental Stages That Are Influenced by the Physiological Components of Maturity; X. Photoperiod-Temperature Modulations of Source-Sink Capacities and Assimilate Partitioning; XI. Photoperiod-Temperature Modulations of Endogenous Hormonal Relationships; XII. Features of the Genetic Direction and Environmental Modulation of Maturity That Are Common Across Plant Species; XIII. Range of Maturity PhenotypesXIV. Procedures for Breeding for Maturity; XV. Contrasting Conclusions and Further Needed ; Physiological-Genetic Interpretations; Glossary; Literature Cited; 3 Advances in Chemical Hybridization; I. Introduction; II. Terminology; III. CHA Technology; IV. Historical Perspective; V. Hybridizing Chemicals; VI. Optimum Growth Stage for CHA Applications; VII. Site and Mode of Action; VIII. Hybrid Vigor; IX. CHAs as Breeding Tools; X. Alternative Chemical Hybridizing Method; Literature Cited; 4 Protoplast Fusion for Crop Improvement; I. Introduction; II. Methods for Isolation and Fusion of Plant ProtoplastsIII. Selection of Fusion Products and Verification of Hybridity; IV. Barriers to Applicaiton of Protoplast Fusion for Crop Improvement; V. Cytoplasmic Hybrids (Cybrids); VI. Potentials for Crop Improvement Literature Cited; 5 Use of Haploids in Breeding Barley; I. Introduction; II. Advantages and Limitations; III. Haploid-Production Systems; IV. Chromosome Doubling; V. Evaluation of Doubled Haploids for Breeding; VI. Evaluation and Development of Breeding Methods; VII. Special Breeding Applications; VIII. Current Breeding Programs and ResultsIX. Haploid Quantitative Genetics; X. Summary and Conclusions; Literature Cited; 6 Diploid and Polyploid Gametes in Crop Plants: Mechanisms of Formation and Utilization in Plant Breeding; I. Introduction; II. Mechanisms; III. Utilization; IV. Conclusions; Literature Cited; 7 Breeding Semidwarf Soybeans; I. Introduction; II. History; III. Research Approach; IV. Cultivar Releases; V. Future Impact; Literature Cited; 8 Breeding Tall Fescue; I. Introduction; II. Reproduction; III. Cytogenetics; IV. Breeding; V. Summary and Conclusions; Literature Cited; 9 The Genetics and Breeding of Coleus