Quantitative genetics, genomics and plant breeding /

• Corporate Author: Symposium on Quantitative Genetics and Plant Breeding in the 21st Century
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2002.
• Subjects: Plant breeding > Congresses.; Crops > Congresses. > Genetics; Quantitative genetics > Congresses.; Plant Breeding and Genetics.; In vitro Culture of Plant Material.; Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002); Gene mapping.; Genetic markers.; Genomics.; Genotype environment interaction.; Introgression.; Plant breeding.; Quantitative trait loci.; Quantitative traits.; Stability.; Tissue culture.; Electronic books.
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Although based on an international symposium held in Baton Rouge in 2001, the papers presented have been augmented and several chapters have been specially commissioned for this book. Twenty-four chapters are presented covering topics such as quantitative trait loci mapping, genomics, bioinformatics...

Table of Contents:

• Vignettes of the History of Genetics / G.P. Rédei
• Quantitative Genetics, Genomics and the Future of Plant Breeding / B. Walsh
• Why Quantitative Geneticists should Care about Bioinformatics / N.A. Tinker
• QTL Analysis : Problems and (Possible) Solutions / M.J. Kearsey
• Association Mapping in Plant Populations / J.-L. Jannink and B. Walsh
• Integrating Molecular Techniques into Quantitative Genetics and Plant Breeding / J.W. Dudley
• Use of Molecular Markers in Plant Breeding : Drought Tolerance Improvement in Tropical Maize / J.-M. Ribaut, M. Bänziger, J. Betran, C. Jiang, G.O. Edmeades, K. Dreher and D. Hoisington
• Explorations with Barley Genome Maps / D.E. Mather
• Global View of QTL : Rice as a Model / Y. Xu
• Marker-assisted Back-cross Breeding : a Case-study in Genotype-building Theory / F. Hospital
• Complexity, Quantitative Traits and Plant Breeding : a Role for Simulation Modelling in the Genetic Improvement of Crops / M. Cooper, D.W. Podlich, K.P. Micallef, O.S. Smith, N.M. Jensen, S.C. Chapman and N.L. Kruger
• Linking Biophysical and Genetic Models to Integrate Physiology, Molecular Biology and Plant Breeding / S.C. Chapman, G.L. Hammer, D.W. Podlich and M. Cooper
• Tissue Culture for Crop Improvement / R.H. Smith and S.H. Park
• Transferring Genes from Wild Species into Rice / D.S. Brar and G.S. Khush
• Genotype-Environment Interaction : Progress and Prospects / M.S. Kang
• Analysing QTL-Environment Interaction by Factorial Regression, with an Application to the CIMMYT Drought and Low-nitrogen Stress Programme in Maize / F.A. Van Eeuwijk, J. Crossa, M. Vargas and J.-M. Ribaut
• Elements of Genotype-Environment Interaction : Genetic Components of the Photoperiod Response in Maize / R. Moutiq, J.-M. Ribaut, G.O. Edmeades, M.D. Krakowsky and M. Lee
• Mechanisms of Improved Nitrogen-use Efficiency in Cereals / A.S. Basra and S.S. Goyal
• Biplot Analysis of Multi-environment Trial Data / W. Yan and L.A. Hunt
• Linear-Bilinear Models for the Analysis of Genotype-Environment Interaction / J. Crossa and P.L. Cornelius
• Exploring Variety-Environment Data Using Random Effects AMMI Models with Adjustments for Spatial Field Trend : Part 1 : Theory / A. Smith, B. Cullis and R. Thompson
• Exploring Variety-Environment Data Using Random Effects AMMI Models with Adjustments for Spatial Field Trend : Part 2 : Applications / A. Smith, B. Cullis, D. Luckett, G. Hollamby and R. Thompson
• Applications of Mixed Models in Plant Breeding / M. Balzarini
• Defining Adaptation Strategies and Yield-stability Targets in Breeding Programmes / P. Annicchiarico.