{"product_id":"principles-of-plant-genetics-and-breeding-isbn-9780470664759","title":"Principles of Plant Genetics and Breeding","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo respond to the increasing need to feed the world's population as well as an ever greater demand for a balanced and healthy diet there is a continuing need to produce improved new cultivars or varieties of plants, particularly crop plants. The strategies used to produce these are increasingly based on our knowledge of relevant science, particularly genetics, but involves a multidisciplinary understanding that optimizes the approaches taken.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrinciples of Plant Genetics and Breeding, 2\u003csup\u003end\u003c\/sup\u003e Edition\u003c\/i\u003e introduces both classical and molecular tools for plant breeding. Topics such as biotechnology in plant breeding, intellectual property, risks, emerging concepts (decentralized breeding, organic breeding), and more are addressed in the new, updated edition of this text. Industry highlight boxes are included throughout the text to contextualize the information given through the professional experiences of plant breeders. The final chapters provide a useful reference on breeding the largest and most common crops.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eUp-to-date edition of this bestselling book incorporating the most recent technologies in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCombines both theory and practice in modern plant breeding\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUpdated industry highlights help to illustrate the concepts outlined in the text\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSelf assessment questions at the end of each chapter aid student learning \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAccompanying website with artwork from the book available to instructors \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface, ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements, xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndustry highlights boxes, xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndustry highlights boxes: authors, xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 1 Overview and historical perspectives, 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction, 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 History of plant breeding, 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 2 Population and quantitative genetic principles, 41\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Introduction to concepts of population genetics, 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Introduction to quantitative genetics, 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 3 Reproductive systems, 95\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Introduction to reproduction and autogamy, 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Allogamy, 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Hybridization, 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Clonal propagation and in vitro culture, 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 4 Germplasm for breeding, 171\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Variation: types, origin and scale, 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Plant domestication, 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Plant genetic resources, 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 5 Breeding objectives, 227\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Yield and morphological traits, 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Quality traits, 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Breeding for resistance to diseases and insect pests, 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses, 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 6 Selection methods, 301\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Breeding self-pollinated species, 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Breeding cross-pollinated species, 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Breeding hybrid cultivars, 355\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Breeding clonally propagated species, 374\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 7 Molecular breeding, 383\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Molecular markers, 385\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Mapping of genes, 402\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Marker assisted selection, 424\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Mutagenesis in plant breeding, 436\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Polyploidy in plant breeding, 452\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Molecular genetic modifications and genome-wide genetics, 470\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 8 Marketing and societal issues in breeding, 489\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Performance evaluation for crop cultivar release, 491\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Seed certification and commercial seed release, 511\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Regulatory and legal issues, 523\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Value-driven concepts and social concerns, 543\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 International plant breeding efforts, 556\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 9 Breeding selected crops, 575\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Breeding wheat, 577\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Breeding corn, 591\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Breeding rice, 606\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Breeding sorghum, 617\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Breeding soybean, 629\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Breeding peanut, 639\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Breeding potato, 647\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Breeding cotton, 657\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Breeding tomato, 667\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Breeding cucumber, 679\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Breeding roses, 682\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSupplementary chapters: review of genetic statistical principles, 689\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Plant cellular organization and genetic structure: an overview, 691\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Common statistical methods in plant breeding, 707\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary of terms, 726\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 1: Conversion rates, 731\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex, 732\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“This is an excellent textbook for students and teachers of plant breeding.\"  (\u003ci\u003eExpl Agric\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 January 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eGeorge Acquaah\u003c\/b\u003e is Dean at Bowie State University. He is the author of four critically acclaimed textbooks, and has received numerous awards, including the prestigious USDA Award for Excellence in College and University Teaching in Food and Agricultural Sciences, and the Millennium Award for Excellence in Teaching, presented by the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the US. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrinciples of Plant Genetics and Breeding, 2\u003csup\u003end\u003c\/sup\u003e Edition\u003c\/b\u003e introduces both classical and molecular tools for plant breeding. Topics such as biotechnology in plant breeding, intellectual property, risks, emerging concepts (decentralized breeding, organic breeding), and more are addressed in the new, updated edition of this text. Industry highlight boxes are included throughout the text to contextualize the information given through the professional experiences of plant breeders. 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