Plant Breeding and Genetics

Hari Har Ram (Author)

9789389130270

Hardback, published 25 October 2019

490 pages
25 x 15 x 1.5 cm, 0.93 kg

The book Plant Breeding and Genetics provides an overview of the fundamental principles of plant breeding and genetics, and is designed to serve as a textbook for undergraduate students. The books chapters cover a wide range of topics, including statistical and biotechnological applications, making it a useful resource for students studying undergraduate genetics and/or plant breeding. Each chapter begins with a clear definition of key terms and concepts, followed by an in-depth exploration of the chapters core issues. The book includes a variety of illustrations and solved numerical problems to aid in understanding, and concludes with a comprehensive glossary that includes modern developments. This book will be particularly useful for undergraduate students, but can also be beneficial for postgraduate students seeking a deeper understanding of the fundamentals of plant breeding and genetics.

• 1.Plant Breeding and Breeding Systems
• 2.Self-Incompatibility and Male Sterility
• 3.Plant Genetic Resources, Gene Pool and Centres of Origin
• 4.Heterosis and Inbreeding
• 5.Heritability, Genetic Advance and Gene Action
• 6.Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
• 7.Stability Parameters
• 8.Mutation Breeding and Wide Crosses
• 9.Polyploidy in Plant Breeding
• 10.Pure-Line Selection in Self-Pollinated Crops
• 11.Pedigree Selection in Self-Pollinated Crops
• 12.Bulk Population Breeding in Self-Pollinated Crops
• 13.Back-Cross Breeding in Self-Pollinated Crops
• 14.Development of Hybrid Cultivars in Self-Pollinated Crops
• 15.Mass Selection in Cross-Pollinated Crops
• 16.Recurrent Selection in Cross-Pollinated Crops
• 17.Synthetic Cultivars in Cross-Pollinated Crops
• 18.Hybrid Breeding in Cross-Pollinated Crops
• 19.Breeding for Disease Resistance
• 20.Breeding for Resistance to Abiotic Stresses
• 21.Molecular Breeding
• 22.Plant Genomics
• 23.GM Crops
• 24.International Research Centres on Plant Breeding
• 25.Statistical Tools in Plant Breeding
• 26.Field Plot Technique and Simple Experimental Designs in Plant Breeding
• 27.Varietal Release and Notification in India.
• II- Genetics
• 28.Genetics and Its History
• 29.Cell, Chromosome,Mitosis and Meiosis
• 30.Chi-Square, Probability and Binomial
• 31.Mendel and Mendelian Principles (Segregation and Independent Assortment)
• 32.Genetic Interactions
• 33.Genetics of Sex
• 34.Linkage, Crossing Over and Chromosome Mappingin Diploids
• 35. Estimation of Recombination Value
• 36.Translocations and Inversions
• 37.Maternal Effects and Cytoplasmic Inheritance
• 38. DNA-The Chemical Basis of Heredity
• 39.Nucleic Acid
• 40.DNA Replication
• 41.Transcription-The Transfer of Genetic Information
• 42.Translation
• 43.Genetic Code
• 44. Gene Regulation
• 45. The Gene Concept