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Selection Methods in Plant Breeding

✍ Scribed by Izak Bos, Peter Caligari (auth.)


Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Leaves
461
Edition
2
Category
Library

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✦ Synopsis


Written for plant breeders, researchers and post-graduate students, this book provides a comprehensive review of the methods and underlying theoretical foundations used for selection in plant breeding programmes. The authors review basic elements of population and quantitative genetic theory, and consider in a unique way the tackling of the problems presented by soil heterogeneity and intergenotypic competition when selecting quantitative characters.

The efficacy of different methods with regard to developing new varieties of crops are discussed for different modes of reproduction.

This work provides a sound basis for informed decision making within the process of a selection programme.

✦ Table of Contents


Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Population Genetic Effects of Cross-fertilization....Pages 7-32
Population Genetic Effects of Inbreeding....Pages 33-58
Assortative Mating and Disassortative Mating....Pages 59-67
Population Genetic Effect of Selection with regard to Sex Expression....Pages 69-76
Selection with Regard to a Trait with Qualitative Variation....Pages 77-106
Random Variation of Allele Frequencies....Pages 107-117
Components of the Phenotypic Value of Traits with Quantitative Variation....Pages 119-172
Effects of the Mode of Reproduction on the Expected Genotypic Value....Pages 173-203
Effects of the Mode of Reproduction on the Genetic Variance....Pages 205-223
Applications of Quantitative Genetic Theory in Plant Breeding....Pages 225-287
Selection for Several Traits....Pages 289-323
Genotype Γ— Environment Interaction....Pages 325-338
Selection with Regard to a Trait with Quantitative Variation....Pages 339-379
Reduction of the Detrimental Effect of Allocompetition on the Efficiency of Selection....Pages 381-403
Optimizing the Evaluation of Candidates by means of Plots....Pages 405-420
Causes of the Low Efficiency of Selection....Pages 421-428
The Optimum Generation to Start Selection for Yield of a Self-Fertilizing Crop....Pages 429-436
Experimental Designs for the Evaluation of Candidate Varieties....Pages 437-443
Back Matter....Pages 445-461

✦ Subjects


Plant Sciences; Genetics and Population Dynamics; Agriculture


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