Breeding Field Crops

by Sleper, David A.; Poehlman, John Milton

• ISBN13: 9780813824284
• ISBN10: 0813824281
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-07-25
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Long recognized as the standard work in its field, this fifth edition of Breeding Field Crops deals with worldwide advances in plant breeding science and practice in recent years. Building on the foundations of earlier editions, this thoroughly revised volume includes expanded coverage on the role increased knowledge of genetics plays in the development of new crop cultivars, and fully explores exciting new developments in molecular biology. Breeding Field Crops, Fifth Edition, thoroughly covers the field of plant breeding. The latest edition of this venerable text provides a broad overview of the science of plant breeding, and provides students and breeders with essential fundamental information along with a review of current breakthroughs and technologies. This book will be a valuable source of information for anyone involved in the science of plant breeding for years to come.

Author Biography

David A. Sleper, Ph.D, is Professor in the Division of Plant Sciences at the University of Missouri.

John M. Poehlman was Professor Emeritus, Department of Agronomy at the University of Missouri.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Section I: What Is Plant Breeding?
Plant Breeders and Their Work	03	(16)
Section II: The Genetic Basis of Plant Breeding
Reproduction in Crop Plants	19	(16)
Gene Recombination in Plant Breeding	35	(18)
Quantitative Inheritance in Plant Breeding	53	(20)
Section III: Tools of the Plant Breeder
Variations in Chromosome Number	73	(18)
Mutation	91	(10)
Fertility-Regulating Mechanisms and Their Manipulation	101	(14)
Biotechnology and Plant Breeding	115	(22)
Section IV: Methods in Plant Breeding
Breeding Self-Pollinated Crops	137	(18)
Breeding Cross-Pollinated and Clonally Propagated Crops	155	(16)
Breeding Hybrid Cultivars	171	(14)
Breeding Objectives and Techniques	185	(22)
Section V: Germplasm Resources for Breeding Crop Plants
Germplasm Resources and Conservation	207	(14)
Section VI: Applications: Breeding Field Crops That Are Self-Pollinated
Breeding Wheat	221	(18)
Breeding Rice	239	(20)
Breeding Soybean	259	(18)
Section VII: Applications: Field Crops Utilizing Hybrid Breeding Procedures
Breeding Corn (Maize)	277	(20)
Breeding Sorghum	297	(22)
Section VIII: Applications: Field Crops with Miscellaneous Breeding Procedures
Breeding Cotton	319	(16)
Breeding Cross-Pollinated Forage Crops	335	(28)
Section IX: Applications: Field Crops That Are Vegetatively Propagated
Breeding Potato	363	(14)
Breeding Sugarcane	377	(16)
Section X: Maintenance and Seed Production of Improved Cultivars
Cultivar Increase, Maintenance, and Seed Production	393	(14)
Glossary	407	(10)
Index	417