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Book SynopsisThe potato is economically a very important crop in many parts of the world. All improvements through potato breeding or biotechnology must be based on a thorough knowledge of potato genetics. This book fills a major gap in the current literature for an up-to-date account of this topic and its implications for crop improvement. Written by authorities from the UK, USA, Canada, Peru, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden and Poland, this major reference work will be indispensible for workers in plant genetics, breeding and biotechnology.
Table of Contents1: Production of monohaploids of Solanum tuberosum L. and their use ingenetics, molecular biology and breeding, E Jacobsen and M S RamannaCellular and molecular genetics 2: Tissue culture, G Wenzel 3: Somaclonal variation, A Kumar 4: Molecular genetics, K N WatanabeEnvironmental stress, morphology and quality 5: Environmental stress and its impact on potato yield, M E Vayda 6: Inheritance of morphological and tuber characteristics, R Ortiz and ZHuaman 7: Inheritance of table and processing quality, M F B Dale and G R MackayInheritance of resistance to pests and diseases 8: Inheritance of resistance to nematodes, M.S. Phillips 9: Inheritance of resistance to viruses, K M Swiezynski 10: Inheritance of resistance to late blight, V Umaerus and M Umaerus 11: Inheritance of resistance to warm-growing-season fungal diseases, J JPavek and D L Corsini 12: Inheritance of resistance to fungal diseases of tubers, R L Wastie 13: Inheritance of resistance to bacterial diseases, J G Elphinstone 14: Inheritance of resistance to insects and mites, K V Raman et al.Potato breeding 15: Breeding strategies for clonally propagated potatoes, J E Bradshaw and GR Mackay 16: Breeding potatoes based on true seed propagation, A M Golmirzaie, PMalagamba and N Pallais 17: Introgression of genes from wild species, including molecular and cellularapproaches, J G Th Hermsen
