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Content: Preface, ix   Acknowledgements, xi    Industry highlights boxes, xiii    Industry highlights boxes: authors, xv    Section 1 Overview and historical perspectives, 1    1 Introduction, 3    2 History of plant breeding, 22    Section 2 Population and quantitative genetic principles, 41    3 Introduction to concepts of population genetics, 43    4 Introduction to quantitative genetics, 63    Section 3 Reproductive systems, 95    5 Introduction to reproduction and autogamy, 97    6 Allogamy, 121    7 Hybridization, 131    8 Clonal propagation and in vitro culture, 146    Section 4 Germplasm for breeding, 171    9 Variation: types, origin and scale, 173    10 Plant domestication, 185    11 Plant genetic resources, 199    Section 5 Breeding objectives, 227    12 Yield and morphological traits, 229    13 Quality traits, 246    14 Breeding for resistance to diseases and insect pests, 260    15 Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses, 280    Section 6 Selection methods, 301    16 Breeding self-pollinated species, 303    17 Breeding cross-pollinated species, 337    18 Breeding hybrid cultivars, 355    19 Breeding clonally propagated species, 374    Section 7 Molecular breeding, 383    20 Molecular markers, 385    21 Mapping of genes, 402    22 Marker assisted selection, 424    23 Mutagenesis in plant breeding, 436    24 Polyploidy in plant breeding, 452    25 Molecular genetic modifications and genome-wide genetics, 470    Section 8 Marketing and societal issues in breeding, 489    26 Performance evaluation for crop cultivar release, 491    27 Seed certification and commercial seed release, 511    28 Regulatory and legal issues, 523    29 Value-driven concepts and social concerns, 543    30 International plant breeding efforts, 556    Section 9 Breeding selected crops, 575    31 Breeding wheat, 577    32 Breeding corn, 591    33 Breeding rice, 606    34 Breeding sorghum, 617    35 Breeding soybean, 629    36 Breeding peanut, 639    37 Breeding potato, 647    38 Breeding cotton, 657    39 Breeding tomato, 667    40 Breeding cucumber, 679    41 Breeding roses, 682    Supplementary chapters: review of genetic statistical principles, 689    1 Plant cellular organization and genetic structure: an overview, 691    2 Common statistical methods in plant breeding, 707    Glossary of terms, 726    Appendix 1: Conversion rates, 731    Index, 732    Companion website    The book is accompanied by a companion resources site: www.wiley.com/go/acquaah/plantgeneticsandbreeding With figures and tables from the book.