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Record Nr.

UNINA9910986139903321

Autore

Jha Zenu

Titolo

Doubled Haploids: Technological Advances and Role In Crop Improvement / / edited by Zenu Jha, Satish B. Verulkar, Suprasanna Penna

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025

ISBN

9789819623396

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

VerulkarSatish B

PennaSuprasanna

Disciplina

630

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Soggetti

Agricultural biotechnology

Agricultural genome mapping

Botany

Agricultural Biotechnology

Agricultural Genetics

Plant Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

-- Chapter 1: Haploids: Then and now  -- Chapter 2: In vitro culturing haploids  -- Chapter 3: Induction of Maternal haploids  -- Chapter 4: Advancement in haploid techniques  -- Chapter 5: Maize and rice haploids  -- Chapter 6: Success stories.

Sommario/riassunto

This contributed volume covers the technology of double haploid production with special reference to anther culture and double haploid production in crop plants, and applications for basic and applied research in crop improvement. Globally, plant breeders aim to achieve higher crop productivity by using different breeding techniques. The double haploid genotypes have made this monotonous work easier and more efficient to a greater extent by achieving homozygosity and genetic fixation. Haploids are genotype with a gametophytic chromosome number, and a double haploid is a genotype developed when haploid cells undergo chromosome doubling. Artificial production of double haploids can easily shorten the time required to create



homozygous plants which is vital in plant breeding. The book discusses how double haploids can help in accelerating conventional plant breeding programs and make early release of cultivars with superior and desirable traits along with greater utility in other research aspects of plant breeding, genetics, and genetic engineering. It also explains the role of double haploids in complementing back cross breeding by transferring genes of interest from wild relatives thus breaking genetic barriers. The book highlights the role of double haploids in genetic studies like inheritance of quantitative traits, quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping, Genomics, gene identification, whole genome mapping and production of stable, transgenic plants. This book is essential for plant breeders, geneticists, researchers, and students in agricultural and crop sciences, offering insights into the transformative potential of double haploid technology in modern plant breeding.