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Book SynopsisPlant 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 to the security of food systems worldwide. The emphasis of the series is on methodology, a fundamental understanding of crop genetics, and applications to major crops. It is a serial title that appears in the form of one or two volumes per year.
Table of ContentsContributors ix
1. Dedication: Rodomiro Ortiz Plant Breeder, Catalyst for Agricultural Development 1
Jonathan H. Crouch
I. Preamble 2
II. Early Years 4
III. Research Career 10
IV. The Man 51
V. The Scientist 53
VI. The Mentor, Inspirer, Manager, and Multiplier 54
VII. The Future 57
Acknowledgments 59
Publications of Rodomiro Ortiz 59
Germplasm Registrations 84
2. Phenotyping, Genetic Dissection, and Breeding for Drought and Heat Tolerance in Common Wheat: Status and Prospects 85
P. K. Gupta, H. S. Balyan, V. Gahlaut, and P. L. Kulwal
I. Introduction 89
II. Target Environments 90
III. Traits and Parameters to Measure Drought and Heat Tolerance and Their Genetic Dissection in Wheat 95
IV. Synergy Among Stress-Adaptive Traits 126
V. Crop Modeling for Drought and Heat Tolerance 127
VI. High-Throughput Phenotyping 129
VII. Strategies for Developing Drought- and Heat-Tolerant Wheat Genotypes 133
VIII. Outlook 144
Acknowledgments 147
Literature Cited 147
3. Nutritionally Enhanced Staple Food Crops 169
Sangam L. Dwivedi, Kanwar L. Sahrawat, Kedar N. Rai, Matthew W. Blair, Meike S. Andersson, and Wolfgang Pfeiffer
I. Introduction 173
II. Biomarkers for Assessing Nutritional Status 178
III. Micronutrient Bioavailability 180
IV. Phenotypic Screens 192
V. Mining Germplasm Collections for Natural Variation for Seed Iron, Zinc, and Phytate 205
VI. Exploiting Natural Genetic Variation to Breed for Seed Mineral-Dense Cultivars 215
VII. Enhancing Seed Iron, Zinc, and B-Carotene Using Transgene(S) 242
VIII. Outlook 258
Acknowledgments 261
Literature Cited 261
4. Genetic Management of Virus Diseases in Peanut 293
S. N. Nigam, R. D.V. J. Prasada Rao, Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur,and K. K. Sharma
I. Introduction 297
II. Virus Diseases 298
III. Breeding for Resistance to Virus Diseases 307
IV. The Future 340
Literature Cited 341
5. Common Bean Breeding in the Tropics 357
Steven Beebe
I. Introduction 359
II. A Brief History 361
III. The Tropical Context 364
IV. Origins and Genetic Resources 369
V. Biotic Constraints 374
VI. Abiotic Constraints 385
VII. Yield Potential 398
VIII. Nutritional Quality 400
IX. Climbing Beans 402
X. Progress by Market Classes 403
XI. The Institutional Context 408
XII. Future Priorities, Challenges, and Opportunities 410
Acknowledgments 412
Literature Cited 412
6. New Approaches to Cassava Breeding 427
Herna´n Ceballos, Clair Hershey, and Luis Augusto Becerra-Lopez- Lavalle
I. Introduction 429
II. Genetic Resources 438
III. Cassava Breeding 445
IV. Conventional and Molecular Genetics 475
V. Future Prospects 484
Literature Cited 489
Subject Index 505
Cumulative Subject Index 507
Cumulative Contributor Index 529
