Plant breeding reviews . Volume 23 / / edited by Jules Janick

• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (377 p.)
• Disciplina: 631.52
• Soggetto topico: Plant breeding
• 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 23; Contents; List of Contributors; 1: Dedication: Dermot P. Coyne Bean Breeder, Geneticist, Humanitarian; 2: Strategies for Genetic Improvement of Common Bean and Rhizobia Towards Efficient Interactions; I. RHIZOBIUM-COMMON BEAN SYMBIOSIS; II. BEAN BREEDING; III. SELECTION OF OPTIMIZED RHIZOBIUM STRAINS FOR BEAN INOCULATION; IV. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS; LITERATURE CITED; 3: Developing Marker-Assisted Selection Strategies for Breeding Hybrid Rice; I. INTRODUCTION; II. FEATURES OF HYBRID BREEDING; III. COMPONENTS OF MARKER-ASSISTED SELECTION ; IV. GERMPLASM EVALUATIONV. TRAITS REQUIRING TESTCROSSING OR PROGENY TESTING; VI. ENVIRONMENT-DEPENDENT TRAITS; VII. QUALITY TRAITS; VIII. GENE INTROGRESSION AND WHOLE GENOME SELECTION; IX. PREDICTION OF HYBRID PERFORMANCE AND HETEROSIS; X. SEED QUALITY ASSURANCE; XI. GENERAL DISCUSSIONS; LITERATURE CITED; 4: Significance of Cytoplasmic DNA in Plant Breeding; I. INTRODUCTION; II. SOME BASIC INFORMATION ON DNA IN THE CYTOPLASM OF PLANTS; III. AGRONOMIC TRAITS INFLUENCED BY CYTOPLASMIC FACTORS; IV. BREEDING USING CYTOPLASMIC FACTORS; V. CONCLUSION; LITERATURE CITED ; 5: Flowering, Seed Production, and the Genesis of Garlic BreedingI. INTRODUCTION; II. GARLIC PRODUCTION TRENDS; III. GARLIC TAXONOMY AND GENETIC VARIATION; IV. GARLIC GROWTH AND REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; V. GARLIC SEED PRODUCTION; VI. PROGRESS IN GARLIC BREEDING AND FUTURE PROSPECTS; VII. CONCLUSIONS; LITERATURE CITED; 6: Cultivar Development of Ornamental Foliage Plants; I. INTRODUCTION; II. ORIGIN OF NEW CULTIVARS; III. BREEDING TECHNIQUES; IV. BREEDING OBJECTIVES; V. FOLIAGE EXAMPLES; VI. FUTURE PROSPECTS; LITERATURE CITED ; 7: Preservation of Genetic Resources in the National Plant Germplasm Clonal CollectionsI. INTRODUCTION; II. CLONES AS GENETIC RESOURCES; III. MAINTENANCE OF GENETIC DIVERSITY IN CLONAL COLLECTIONS; IV. CLONAL COLLECTIONS IN THE NPGS; V. CRYOPRESERVATION PRINCIPLES; VI. CRYOPRESERVATION: VARIABLES TO CONSIDER; VII. APPLICATION OF CRYOPRESERVATION TECHNOLOGIES TO VEGETATIVE MATERIALS; VIII. CONCLUSIONS; LITERATURE CITED; Subject Index; Cumulative Subject Index; Cumulative Contributor Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Plant Breeding Reviews is an open-ended, serial continuation series of review articles on research in plant genetics, especially the breeding of commercially important crops. This detailed analysis bridges the gap between the specialized researcher and the broader community of plant scientists.
• Titolo autorizzato: Plant breeding reviews
• ISBN: 1-282-68907-X; 9786612689079; 0-470-65022-2; 0-470-65021-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910877639503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Plant Breeding Reviews