Now available in paperback, Molecular Plant Breeding provides an integrative overview of issues from basic theories to their applications to crop improvement. Chapters include discussions of breeding methodology, quantitative genetics, genomics and bioinformatics and present statistical issues related to gene mapping, marker-assisted selection and genotype by environment interactions in clear and concise language. Providing an integrated profile of molecular breeding in plants, this book will be an essential resource for researchers and students involved in plant biology and breeding, genetics and applied genomics.
1. Introduction
2. Molecular Breeding Tools: Markers and Maps
3. Molecular Breeding Tools: Omics and Arrays
4. Populations in Genetics and Breeding
5. Plant Genetic Resources: Management, Evaluation and Enhancement
6. Molecular Dissection of Complex Traits: Theory
7. Molecular Dissection of Complex Traits: Practice
8. Marker-assisted Selection: Theory
9. Marker-assisted Selection: Practice
10. Genotype-by-environment Interaction
11. Isolation and Functional Analysis of Genes
12. Gene Transfer and Genetically Modified Plants
13. Intellectual Property Rights and Plant Variety Protection
14. Breeding Informatics
15. Decision Support Tools