Principles and Methods of Plant Breeding

Slavko Borojević

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Principles and Methods of Plant Breeding

Slavko Borojević

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1990

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	5
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	11
1. IMPORTANCE OF PLANT BREEDING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	13
2. PHYTOGEOGRAPHICAL DIFFERENTIATION AS A BASIS OF PLANT BREEDING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	18
3. SOURCES OF GENETIC VARIABILITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	32
4. GENETIC BASIS OF BREEDING SELF-POLLINATED PLANTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	42
5. GENETIC BASIS OF BREEDING OPEN POLLINATED PLANTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	56
6. TRAIT, GENOTYPE, AND PHENOTYPE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	69
7. METHODOLOGIES OF PLANT BREEDING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	79
8. A CONCEPT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CULTIVARS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	85
9. SELECTION OF MATERIAL FOR BREEDING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	94
10. IMPORTANCE OF CROSSING METHODS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	108
11. NUMBER OF CROSS COMBINATIONS AND SIZES OF F₂ GENERATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	116
12. METHODS OF SELECTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	122
13. SELECTION FOR TRAITS AND GENETIC GAIN FROM SELECTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	154
14. PLANT BREEDING FOR RESISTANCE TO PARASITES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	164
15. BREEDING FOR YIELD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	188
16. USE OF HETEROSIS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	234
17. MUTATIONS IN PLANT BREEDING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	255
18. CHROMOSOME ENGINEERING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	264
19. GENETIC ENGINEERING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	295
20. BREEDING VEGETATIVELY PROPAGATED PLANTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	310
21. GENETIC COMPOSITION AND ADAPTABILITY OF THE CULTIVAR Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	322
22. GENETIC BASIS OF SEED PRODUCTION AND INTRODUCTION OF CULTIVARS INTO PRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	350
AUTHOR INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	359
SUBJECT INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	366

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eBook published on:

December 31, 1990

eBook ISBN:

9783112708354

Hardcover published on:

December 31, 1990

Hardcover ISBN:

9783112708347

Original publisher:

Akademie-Verlag Berlin

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Reprint 2024

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368

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With 58 Figures and 84 Tables

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783112708354

eBook ISBN: 9783112708354

Hardcover ISBN: 9783112708347

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College/higher education;

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