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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.
Table of ContentsContributors ix
1. Bikram Gill: Cytogeneticist and Wheat Man 1
W. John Raupp and Bernd Friebe
I. Early Life: Emergence of a Cytogeneticist 2
II. Research 4
III. International Collaborations 23
IV. Educator 24
V. Champion of WheatWorkers 27
VI. The Man 27
VII. Epilogue 29
Acknowledgments 29
Literature Cited 30
2. Synthetic Hexaploids: Harnessing Species of the Primary Gene Pool for Wheat Improvement 35
Francis C. Ogbonnaya, Osman Abdalla, Abdul Mujeeb-Kazi, Alvina G. Kazi, Steven S. Xu, Nick Gosman, Evans S. Lagudah, David Bonnett, Mark E. Sorrells, and Hisashi Tsujimoto
I. Introduction 39
II. Production and Utilization of Synthetic Hexaploid Wheat 42
III. Impact of Synthetic Hexaploid in Wheat Improvement 58
IV. Conclusions and Future Prospects 100
Acknowledgments 105
Literature Cited 105
3. Breeding Early and Extra-Early Maize for Resistance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in Sub-Saharan Africa 123
B. Badu-Apraku and M. A. B. Fakorede
I. Introduction 126
II. Development of Breeding Populations 131
III. S1 Recurrent Selection Program for Striga Resistance 146
IV. Adaptation 164
V. Development of QPM Populations and Cultivars 169
VI. Breeding for Combined Tolerance/Resistance to Multiple Stresses in Early and Extra-Early Maize 179
VII. Inbred-Hybrid Development Program 180
VIII. Traits for Indirect Selection for Stress Tolerance/Resistance in Contrasting Environments 188
IX. Future Challenges and Perspectives 193
Acknowledgments 197
Literature Cited 197
4. Almond Breeding 207
Thomas M. Gradziel and Pedro Martýnez-Gomez
I. Introduction 209
II. Botany 211
III. Genetic Diversity 221
IV. Genetic Improvement 226
V. Molecular Approaches 238
VI. Future Progress 248
Literature Cited 249
5. Breeding Loquat 259
Maria L. Badenes, Jules Janick, Shunquan Lin, Zhike Zhang, Guolu L. Liang, and Weixing Wang
I. Introduction 261
II. Germplasm 262
III. Reproductive Physiology 270
IV. Breeding Objectives 275
V. Breeding Methods 276
VI. Future Progress 290
Literature Cited 291
6. Prognostic Breeding: A New Paradigm for Crop Improvement 297
Vasilia A. Fasoula
I. Introduction 298
II. Genetic Components of Crop Yield Potential 303
III. A New General Response Equation 305
IV. Prognostic Equations for Single Plants and Sibling Lines 307
V. The Advantages of Prognostic Breeding 335
VI. The Marriage of Phenotyping with Genotyping 338
VII. Outlook 339
Literature Cited 342
Subject Index 349
Cumulative Subject Index 351
Cumulative Contributor Index 373
