Plant breeding reviews. Volume 37 /
Plant Breeding Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods. Many of the crops widely grown today stem from a very narrow genetic base; understanding and preserving crop genetic resources is vital t...
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Table of Contents:
- Plant Breeding Reviews; Contents; Contributors; 1. Bikram Gill: Cytogeneticist and Wheat Man; I. Early Life: Emergence of a Cytogeneticist; II. Research; A. Tomato Cytogenetics in California; B. Chromosome Banding Research in Missouri; C. Wild Wheat Studies at UC Riverside; D. Sugarcane Breeding in Florida; E. Germplasm Evaluation and Enhancement in Kansas; F. Establishing the Wheat Karyotype; G. Birth of the Chinese Spring Deletion Stocks; H. FISHing in the Wheat Gene Pool; I. Gene-Rich, High-Recombination Regions; J. The Q Gene Story; K. Cloning Lr21; L. Hybrid Centromeres.
- M. Chromosome Bin MappingN. Comparative Genomics and Wheat Evolution; O. Sequencing the Wheat Genome; III. International Collaborations; IV. Educator; V. Champion of WheatWorkers; VI. The Man; VII. Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Literature Cited; 2. Synthetic Hexaploids: Harnessing Species of the Primary Gene Pool for Wheat Improvement; I. Introduction; A. The Importance of Wheat; B. Wheat Genetic Resources; II. Production and Utilization of Synthetic Hexaploid Wheat; A. Diversity of Ae. tauschii and SHW; B. Interspecific Crosses of Ae. tauschii and T. turgidum.
- C. Direct Cross of Diploid Ae. tauschii to Common WheatD. Direct Cross of Tetraploid Wheat to Common Wheat; E. Factors for Consideration: Direct Versus Synthetic Approaches; 1. Threshability of the Grain; 2. Adaptation of the Durum Parents; 3. Rapid Recovery of Recurrent Parent Genotype; F. Available Genetic Resources in Synthetic Hexaploid Wheat; G. Current Strategies for Using Synthetic Hexaploid Wheat in Breeding; 1. Direct Phenotyping; 2. Genetic Analysis via Crosses and Backcrossing; 3. Advanced Backcross-Quantitative Trait Loci (AB-QTL) Analysis.
- 4. Development and Use of Introgression Lines (ILs) or Substitutions LinesH. Expression of Ae. tauschii and T. turgidum Genes in Synthetic Hexaploid Wheat; III. Impact of Synthetic Hexaploid in Wheat Improvement; A. Disease and Pests Resistance; B. Enhancing Yield Productivity; C. Environmental Stress Tolerance; 1. Improving Salinity Tolerance; 2. Mineral/Nutrient Efficiency; 3. Boron Toxicity; D. Quality Improvement; 1. Bread Making Quality; 2. Preharvest Sprouting; IV. Conclusions and Future Prospects; Acknowledgments; Literature Cited.
- 3. Breeding Early and Extra-Early Maize for Resistance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in Sub-Saharan AfricaI. Introduction; A. Importance of Maize in Sub-Saharan Africa; B. Constraints to Maize Production and Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa; 1. Striga Parasitism; 2. Drought Stress; 3. Low Soil Nitrogen; 4. Combined Effects of Striga Parasitism, Drought, and Low Nitrogen Stresses; II. Development of Breeding Populations; A. Breeding Methodology; B. Development of Base Populations for Recurrent Selection; 1. Extra-Early Populations; 2. Early Populations; C. Screening Methodology; 1. Striga.