Plant breeding reviews . Volume 24, pt. 1 Long-term selection : maize [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jules Janick

• Autore: Janick Jules
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (377 p.)
• Disciplina: 631.52
• Soggetto topico: Corn
• Altri autori: JanickJules <1931->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: PLANT BREEDING REVIEWS, Volume 24: Part 1: Long-term Selection: Maize; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1: Dedication: John W. Dudley, The Man and His Work; PERSPECTIVE AND BACKGROUND; 2: Genes and Selection: Retrospect and Prospect; I. INTRODUCTION; II. QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE TRAITS; III. DARWINIANS, BIOMETRICIANS, MENDELIANS, AND SELECTION; IV. LONG-TERM SELECTION AND GENETIC HOMEOSTASIS; V. NEW POTENTIAL APPROACHES; VI. GENETIC NETWORKS; VII. CONCLUSIONS; LITERATURE CITED; 3: Champaign County, Illinois, and the Origin of Hybrid Corn; I. INTRODUCTION; II. HISTORY; III. SUMMARY ; IV. EPILOGUELITERATURE CITED; THE ILLINOIS LONG-TERM SELECTION EXPERIMENT; 4: The Intellectual Legacy of the Illinois Long-term Selection Experiment; I. INTRODUCTION; II. AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY AND SCIENTIFIC FARMING; III. HARVARD'S AGRICULTURE SCHOOL AND GENETICS IN NEW ENGLAND; IV. CONCLUSION; LITERATURE CITED; 5: 100 Generations of Selection for Oil and Protein in Corn; I. INTRODUCTION; II. MATERIALS AND METHODS; III. RESULTS; IV. DISCUSSION; LITERATURE CITED; 6: RFLP Variant Frequency Differences among Illinois Long-term Selection Protein Strains; I. INTRODUCTION; II. METHODOLOGY ; III. RESULTSIV. SUMMARY AND PERSPECTIVES; LITERATURE CITED; 7: Physiological Changes Accompanying Long-term Selection for Grain Protein in Maize; I. INTRODUCTION; II. PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL DIFFERENCES; III. ONGOING RESEARCH AND FUTURE NEEDS; LITERATURE CITED; 8: Single Kernel Selection for Increased Grain Oil in Maize Synthetics and High-oil Hybrid Development; I. INTRODUCTION; II. DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH-OIL MAIZE SYNTHETICS; III. MARKET DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH-OIL MAIZE; IV. HISTORY OF BREEDING HIGH-OIL MAIZE HYBRIDS; LITERATURE CITED; BIOLOGICAL AND THEORETICAL MODELS ; 9: Population- and Quantitative-Genetic Models of Selection LimitsI. INTRODUCTION; II. LET'S GET SMALL: RESPONSE UNDER THE INFINITESIMAL MODEL; III. MODIFICATIONS OF THE BASIC INFINITESIMAL MODEL; IV. STRICTLY DETERMINISTIC MODELS OF RESPONSE; V. SELECTION ON A QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; VI. SINGLE-LOCUS MODELS IN FINITE POPULATIONS; VII. RESPONSE FROM MUTATIONAL INPUT; VIII. THE ILLINOIS LONG-TERM EXPERIMENT: WHICH MODELS FIT?; LITERATURE CITED; 10: Mutational Variation and Long-term Selection Response; I. INTRODUCTION; II. STUDYING SPONTANEOUS MUTATIONS AFFECTING QUANTITATIVE TRAITS ; III. THEORY ON ARTIFICIAL SELECTION RESPONSE FROM NEW MUTATIONS: WHAT DO WE EXPECT?IV. ARTIFICIAL SELECTION EXPERIMENTS IN INBRED LINES; V. PROPERTIES OF SELECTION RESPONSE IN INBRED LINES AND THE NATURE OF MUTATIONAL VARIATION; VI. CONCLUSIONS; LITERATURE CITED; 11: Population Size and Long-term Selection; I. A BRIEF REVIEW OF EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; II. NEW RESULTS; III. POPULATION SIZE AND SELECTION EFFICIENCY; LITERATURE CITED; 12: Gene Interaction and Selection; I. INTRODUCTION; II. A STATISTICAL CONCEPT OF DOMINANCE AND EPISTASIS; III. THE FORMS OF GENETIC VARIANCE ; IV. BREEDING VALUE IN A STRUCTURED POPULATION
• Sommario/riassunto: Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 24, Part 1 presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods. The emphasis of the series is on methodology, a practical understanding of crop genetics, and applications to major crops.
• Titolo autorizzato: Plant breeding reviews
• ISBN: 1-282-68911-8; 9786612689116; 0-470-65024-9; 0-470-65023-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910840704503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Plant Breeding Reviews