Life Sciences > Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Plant Breeding

Edited By: Ibrokhim Y. Abdurakhmonov

ISBN 978-953-307-932-5, Hard cover, 352 pages
Publisher: InTech
Publication date: January 2012
Subject: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Modern plant breeding is considered a discipline originating from the science of genetics. It is a complex subject, involving the use of many interdisciplinary modern sciences and technologies that became art, science and business. Revolutionary developments in plant genetics and genomics and coupling plant "omics" achievements with advances on computer science and informatics, as well as laboratory robotics further resulted in unprecedented developments in modern plant breeding, enriching the traditional breeding practices with precise, fast, efficient and cost-effective breeding tools and approaches. The objective of this Plant Breeding book is to present some of the recent advances of 21st century plant breeding, exemplifying novel views, approaches, research efforts, achievements, challenges and perspectives in breeding of some crop species. The book chapters have presented the latest advances and comprehensive information on selected topics that will enhance the reader's knowledge of contemporary plant breeding.

Table of Contents

1. Virtual Plant Breeding
   Sven B. Andersen
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2. Modelling and Simulation of Plant Breeding Strategies
   Jiankang Wang
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3. Fundamental Cryobiology and Basic Physical, Thermodynamical and Chemical Aspects of Plant Tissue Cryopreservation
   Patu Khate Zeliang and Arunava Pattanayak
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4. Use of 2n Gametes in Plant Breeding
   A. Dewitte, K. Van Laere and J. Van Huylenbroeck
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5. Haploids and Doubled Haploids in Plant Breeding
   Jana Murovec and Borut Bohanec
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6. Chromosome Substitution Lines: Concept, Development and Utilization in the Genetic Improvement of Upland Cotton
   Sukumar Saha, David M. Stelly, Dwaine A. Raska, Jixiang Wu, Johnie N. Jenkins, Jack C. McCarty, Abdusalom Makamov, V. Gotmare, Ibrokhim Y. Abdurakhmonov and B.T. Campbell
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7. Genomics-Assisted Plant Breeding in the 21st Century: Technological Advances and Progress
   Siva P. Kumpatla, Ramesh Buyyarapu, Ibrokhim Y. Abdurakhmonov and Jafar A. Mammadov
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8. A Multiplex Fluorescent PCR Assay in Molecular Breeding of Oilseed Rape
   Katarzyna Mikolajczyk, Iwona Bartkowiak-Broda, Wieslawa Poplawska, Stanislaw Spasibionek, Agnieszka Dobrzycka and Miroslawa Dabert
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9. Molecular Markers to Access Genetic Diversity of Castor Bean: Current Status and Prospects for Breeding Purposes
   Santelmo Vasconcelos, Alberto V. C. Onofre, Máira Milani, Ana Maria Benko-Iseppon and Ana Christina Brasileiro-Vidal
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10. Marker Assisted Characterization in Tigridia pavonia (L.f) DC
    José Luis Piña-Escutia, Luis Miguel Vázquez-García and Amaury Martín Arzate-Fernández
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11. Olive – Colletotrichum acutatum: An Example of Fruit-Fungal Interaction
    Sónia Gomes, Pilar Prieto, Teresa Carvalho, Henrique Guedes-Pinto and Paula Martins-Lopes
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12. Challenges, Opportunities and Recent Advances in Sugarcane Breeding
    Katia C. Scortecci, Silvana Creste, Tercilio Calsa Jr., Mauro A. Xavier, Marcos G. A. Landell, Antonio Figueira and Vagner A. Benedito
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13. Heritability of Cold Tolerance (Winter Hardiness) in Gladiolus xgrandiflorus
    Neil O. Anderson, Janelle Frick, Adnan Younis and Christopher Currey
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14. Breeding Brassica napus for Shatter Resistance
    S. Hossain, G.P. Kadkol, R. Raman, P.A. Salisbury and H. Raman
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15. Genetic Variability Evaluation and Selection in Ancient Grapevine Varieties
    Elsa Gonçalves and Antero Martins
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