Plant breeding reviews . Volume 10 / / edited by Jules Janick

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910830008903321
• Autore: Janick Jules
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : John Wiley & Sons Inc., , 1992; ©1992
• ISBN: 1-282-68908-8; 9786612689086; 0-470-65001-X; 0-470-65000-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (386 p.)
• Collana: Plant Breeding Reviews
• Disciplina: 631.5; 631.5/3/05
• Soggetti: Plant breeding; Crops - Genetics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: PLANT BREEDINGREVIEWS, Volume 10; Contents; Contributors; 1: Dedication: Ernest Robert Sears (1910-1991) Geneticist par Excellence, Cytogeneticist Extraordinaire, and a Good Man; 2: Molecular Biology of Cytoplasmic Male Sterility; I. INTRODUCTION; II. PLANT MITOCHONDRIA; III. cms-T OF MAIZE; IV. CHIMERIC DNA SEQUENCES ASSOCIATED WITH CMS; V. CORRELATION OF THE T-urf13 and pcf GENES WITH MALE STERILITY; VI. RESTORER GENES; VII. MECHANISMS OF CMS; VIII. EPILOGUE; LITERATURE CITED; 3: Plant Metabolism and Heterosis; I. INTRODUCTION; II. GENETIC MODELS OF HETEROSIS; III. THE METABOLIC BALANCE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL BOTTLENECK CONCEPTS OF HETEROSISIV. THE METABOLIC BASIS OF DOMINANCE; V. GENETIC AND METABOLIC DISTANCE; VI. CONCLUDING DISCUSSION; LITERATURE CITED; 4: Lethal Equivalents and Genetic Load; I. INTRODUCTION; II. LETHAL EQUIVALENTS AND GENETIC DIVERSITY; III. COMPARISONS BETWEEN FORMULAE USING MULTIPLE INBRED GENERATIONS; IV. LETHAL EQUIVALENTS AS PREDICTIVE TOOLS FOR INBRED LINE DEVELOPMENT; V. IMPLICATIONS; LITERATURE CITED; 5: Breeding for Heat Tolerance; I. INTRODUCTION; II. SENSITIVITY TO HEAT OF DIFFERENT STAGES OF PLANT DEVELOPMENT AND PLANT PROCESSESIII. CHARACTERIZING PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTS TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH HEAT IS REDUCING YIELD; IV. GENOTYPIC DIFFERENCES IN HEAT TOLERANCE, INHERITANCE, AND ASSOCIATIONS WITH OTHER CHARACTERS; V. SELECTION TECHNIQUES AND BREEDING METHODS; VI. PROGRESS IN BREEDING FOR HEAT TOLERANCE AND CONCLUSIONS; LITERATURE CITED; 6: Chromosome Manipulations and Genetic Analysis in Medicago; I. INTRODUCTION; II. CHROMOSOME MANIPULATIONS IN MEDICAGO; III. GENETIC ANALYSIS OF MEDICAGO; IV. SUMMARY; LITERATURE CITED; 7: Common Bean Improvement in the TropicsI. INTRODUCTION; II. HISTORY OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE TROPICS; III. BREEDING OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES; IV. BREEDING PROGRESS; V. TESTING; VI. CONCLUSIONS AND PROSPECTS; LITERATURE CITED; 8: Breeding Cold Hardy Peaches and Nectarines; I. INTRODUCTION; II. MORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO LOW TEMPERATURES; III. PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO LOW TEMPERATURES; IV. BIOCHEMICAL RESPONSES TO LOW TEMPERATURES; V. PHYSICAL RESPONSES TO LOW TEMPERATURES; VI. GERMPLASM VARIABILITYAND HERITABILITY; VII. SELECTION FOR COLD HARDINESS; VIII. SCREENING SYSTEMS FOR COLD HARDINESS; IX. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONSLITERATURE CITED; 9: Genetic Resistance in the Cucurbitaceae to Insects and Spider Mites; I. INTRODUCTION; II. SOURCES OF RESISTANCE; III. TESTING TECHNIQUES; IV. RESISTANCE MECHANISMS; V. INHERITANCE OF RESISTANCE; VI. BREEDING FOR INSECT RESISTANCE; LITERATURE CITED; Subject Index; Cumulative Subject Index; Cumulative Contributor Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Part of a series which presents papers of topical interest relating to the breeding of plants important to agriculture and horticulture.