Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 24, Part 1 presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods. The emphasis of the series is on methodology, a practical understanding of crop genetics, and applications to major crops.
Tabla de materias
Contributors.
Preface (Kendall R. Lamkey).
1. Dedication John W. Dudley: The Man and His Work (Rita Hogan
Mumm).
PERSPECTIVE AND BACKGROUND.
2. Genes and Selection: Retrospect and Prospect (George P.
Rédei).
3. Champaign Country, Illinois, and the Origin of Hybrid Corn (A
Forrest Troyer).
THE ILLINOIS LONG-TERM SELECTION EXPERIMENT.
4. The Intellectual Legacy of the Illinois Long-term Selection
Experiment (Irwin L. Goldman).
5. 100 Generations of Selection for Oil and Protein in Corn
(J.W. Dudley and R.J. Lambert).
6. RELP Variant Frequency Differences among Illinois Long-term
Selection Protein Stains (V. Mikkilineni and T.R. Rocheford).
7. Physiological Changes Accompanying Long-term Selection for
Grain Protein in Maize (F.E. Below, et al.).
8. Single Kernel Selection for Increased Grain Oils in Maize
Synthetics and High-oil Hybrid Development (R.J. Lambert, et
al.).
BIOLOGICAL AND THEORETICAL MODELS.
9. Population- and Quantitative-Genetic Models of Selection
Limits (Bruce Walsh).
10. Mutational Variation and Long-term Selection Response (Peter
D. Keightley).
11. Population Size and Long-term Selection (Kenneth Weber).
12. Gene Interaction and Selection (Charles J. Goodnight).
13. Marker-assisted Selection (Richard Johnson).
14. Long-term Selection with Known Quantitative Trait Loci (Jack
C.M. Dekkers and Petek Settar).
Subject Index.
Cumulative Subject Index.
Cumulative Contributor Index.
Sobre el autor
Jules Janick is the James Troop Distinguished Professor of Horticulture at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN, USA.
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