Diagnostics in Plant Breeding

✍ Scribed by Thomas Lübberstedt (auth.), Thomas Lübberstedt, Rajeev K. Varshney (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 517
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

“Diagnostics in Plant Breeding” is systematically organizing cutting-edge research reviews on the development and application of molecular tools for the prediction of plant performance. Given its significance for mankind and the available research resources, medical sciences are leading the area of molecular diagnostics, where DNA-based risk assessments for various diseases and biomarkers to determine their onset become increasingly available. So far, most research in plant genomics has been directed towards understanding the molecular basis of biological processes or phenotypic traits. From a plant breeding perspective, however, the main interest is in predicting optimal genotypes based on molecular information for more time- and cost-efficient breeding schemes. It is anticipated that progress in plant genomics and in particular sequence technology made recently will shift the focus from “explanatory” to “predictive” in crop science. This book assembles chapters on all areas relevant to development and application of predictive molecular tools in plant breeding by leading authorties in the respective areas.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Diagnostics in Plant Breeding....Pages 3-9
Non-DNA Biomarkers....Pages 11-37
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
Gene Identification: Forward Genetics....Pages 41-60
Gene Identification: Reverse Genetics....Pages 61-89
Allele Re-sequencing Technologies....Pages 91-118
Dissection of Agronomic Traits in Crops by Association Mapping....Pages 119-142
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
TILLING and EcoTILLING....Pages 145-165
Gene Replacement....Pages 167-183
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
SNP Genotyping Technologies....Pages 187-210
Insertion-Deletion Marker Targeting for Intron Polymorphisms....Pages 211-228
Evolving Molecular Marker Technologies in Plants: From RFLPs to GBS....Pages 229-247
Front Matter....Pages 249-249
Methylation-Based Markers....Pages 251-264
Transcriptome-Based Prediction of Heterosis and Hybrid Performance....Pages 265-279
Metabolite-Based Biomarkers for Plant Genetics and Breeding....Pages 281-309
Front Matter....Pages 311-311
Plant Databases and Data Analysis Tools....Pages 313-325
Front Matter....Pages 327-327
Prospects and Limitations for Development and Application of Functional Markers in Plants....Pages 329-346
Front Matter....Pages 347-347
Parent Selection – Usefulness and Prediction of Hybrid Performance....Pages 349-368
Variety Protection and Plant Breeders’ Rights in the ‘DNA Era’....Pages 369-402
Front Matter....Pages 403-403
Qualitative and Quantitative Trait Polymorphisms in Maize....Pages 405-442
Molecular Diagnostics in Rice ( Oryza sativa )....Pages 443-465
Front Matter....Pages 403-403
Functional Marker Development Across Species in Selected Traits....Pages 467-515
Back Matter....Pages 517-521

✦ Subjects

Plant Breeding/Biotechnology; Plant Genetics & Genomics; Plant Sciences; Agriculture; Life Sciences, general; Biodiversity