Cytogenetics in Plant Breeding

✍ Scribed by Prof. Dr. Jacob Sybenga (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 478
• Series: Monographs on Theoretical and Applied Genetics 17
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

An introductory discussion of basic chromosome structure and function preceeds the main text on the application of cytogenetic approaches to the analysis of the manipulation of both the genetic make-up and the genetic transmission system of plant breeding material. Analysis using light and electron microscopy, segregations and molecular techniques, yields information for assessing the material before and after manipulation. Much attention is given to quantitative methods. Manipulation not only involves the construction of specific genotypes, but also chromosomal transmission systems. Although analysis and manipulation in the somatic cycle are considered, the focus is on the generative cycle, with emphasis on analysis and subsequent segregation of specifically constructed material. The book is intended for plant breeders and other scientists interested in the analysis and manipulation of breeding material at the chromosomal level. Comparisons with molecular and cell biological approaches are made, and the potential of the various methods is evaluated.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Cytogenetics in Genetics and Plant Breeding....Pages 1-5
Chromosome Composition, Structure and Morphology....Pages 7-22
The Mechanisms of Genetic Transmission....Pages 23-63
The Somatic Chromosome Complement: Karyotype Analysis....Pages 65-100
Karyotype Variants A: Chromosome Structural Variants....Pages 101-139
Karyotype Variants B: Chromosome Number Variants....Pages 141-190
Diagnosis: Identifying Cytogenetic Causes of Variants of the Karyotype and the Generative Cycle....Pages 191-232
Estimating, Recording and Manipulating Recombination....Pages 233-269
Genome Analysis: Identification of and Relations Between Genomes....Pages 271-300
Manipulation of Genome Composition: A. Gene Transfer....Pages 301-326
Manipulation of Genome Composition. B. Gene Dose: Duplication, Polyploidy and Gametic Chromosome Number....Pages 327-371
Manipulation of the Genetic System....Pages 373-407
Back Matter....Pages 409-469

✦ Subjects

Agriculture; Forestry; Cell Biology; Plant Sciences