Introduction to Plant BreedingPerspectives in plant breeding. The evolution of cultivated plants. Plant introductions. Mode of reproduction in relation to plant-breeding methods. Variability in plants. Genes and qualitative characters. Genes and qualitative characters. Quantitative inheritance. Role of the environment in plant breeding. Selection in self-pollinated crops. Hybridization and gene combinations. Breeding self-pollinated crops by hybridization and pedigree selection. Bulk population method of breeding self-pollinated plants. The backcross method of breeding. Cross-pollinated crops. Control of cross-pollination. Selection in cross-pollinated crops. Inbreeding and heterosis. Hybrid varieties. Recurrent selection. Synthetic varieties. Autoploidy in plant breeding. Alloploidy.Aneuploids. Mutagens and crop improvement. Interspecific hybridization. Interspecific transfer of characters. Genetics of resistance to diseases and insects. Breeding for resistance to diseases and insects. Maintenance and distribution of varieties. Field-plot technique and experimental design. |
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Perspectives in Plant Breeding | 1 |
The Evolution of Cultivated Plants | 9 |
Bulk Population Method of Breeding | 12 |
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Agriculture Agron alleles alloploid Amer awns Baart backcross barley block breeding bulk cells cereal certified seed characteristics chromosome chromosome number combining ability common wheat corn crop plants cross-pollinated crops diploid disease dominant dominant gene effects environment evaluations example F₁ F₂ fertility flowers formula frequency gametes genetic genomes genotypes grown haploid harvested heritability heterosis heterozygosity heterozygous homozygosity homozygous homozygous genotypes hybrid populations hybrid varieties improvement inbred lines inbreeding increase insect involved kernels large number loci locus male-sterile mass selection meiosis mutagens mutations normal nursery obtained pairs parent pathogen pedigree method phenotypes plant breeder plots pollen pollen tube polyploid production progeny quantitative characters races random recessive recessive gene recombination recurrent selection replications resistant varieties rows segregating self-pollinated self-pollinated crops similar single crosses species stem rust sterility sum of squares susceptible synthetic variety Table tetraploid tion transfer trisomic types U.S. Dept usually variability variance