Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 19

Plant Breeding Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods. Many of the crops widely grown today stem from a very narrow genetic base; understanding and preserving crop genetic resources is vital to the security of food systems worldwide. The emphasis of the series is on methodology, a fundamental understanding of crop genetics, and applications to major crops. Dedication: John R. Laughnan, Maize Geneticist (D.Steffensen).

Prediction in Plant Breeding (I. Goldman).

The Case for Molecular Mapping in Forest Tree Breeding (R. Wu, etal.).

Breeding for Disease Resistance in Potato (S. Jansky).

Domestication, Historical Development, and Modern Breeding ofCarrot (P. Simon).

Persimmon Genetics and Breeding (K. Yonemori, et al.).

Genetic Resources and Breeding of Amaranthus (D. Brenner, etal.).

Indexes. Jules Janick is the James Troop Distinguished Professor of Horticulture at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN, USA.