Molecular Breeding for Sustainable Crop Improvement

Preface.- 1. Use of alien genetic variation for wheat
improvement; P.K. Gupta.- 2.
Quantitative trait loci mapping in plants: concepts and approaches; D. Sehgal.- 3. Developing and deploying
abiotic stress tolerant maize varieties in the tropics: challenges and
opportunities; B.M. Prasanna.- 4.
Harnessing apomixes for heterosis breeding in crop improvement; V. Bhat.- 5. Status and opportunities of
molecular breeding approaches for genetic improvement of tea; R. Kumar Sharma.- 6. Molecular
cytogenetic approaches in exploration of important chromosomal landmarks in
plants; Y. Mukai.- 7. Technological
advances in studying gene pool diversity and its exploitation; S. Goel.- 8. Introgression and
exploitation of QTL for yield and yield components from related wild species
into rice cultivars; K. Neelam.- 9. A
molecular phylogenetic framework for Timothy (Phleum pratense L.) improvement; A. Stewart.- 10. Genetic improvement of basmati rice - The journey
from conventional to molecular breeding; A.K.
Singh.- 11. Genetic diversity and
coffee (Coffea sps) improvement in
India; R.K. Aggarwal.- 12.
Introgression and exploitation of biotic stress tolerance from related wild
species in wheat cultivars; P. Chhuneja.- 13. Genetic improvement of
sugarcane through conventional and molecular approaches; S. Kumar.- 14. Germline
transformation for crop improvement; R.
Tandon.- 15. Advances in molecular breeding of pearl millet; D. Sehgal.- 16. Molecular marker-based
selection tools in spring bread wheat improvement: CIMMYT experience and
prospects; S. Dreisigacker.- Index.

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• Genética (não médica)
• Evolução
• Biodiversidade
• Reprodução e propagação das plantas
• Biotecnologia
• Botânica e ciências das plantas

Genetic diversity;Molecular DNA markers;Molecular marker assisted selection;Molecular breeding;Crop improvement;Systematic Botany