Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 22

PLANT BREEDING REVIEWS Volume 22......Page 3
Contents......Page 7
List of Contributors......Page 10
1. Dedication: Denton E. Alexander; Teacher, Maize Geneticist, and Breeder......Page 13
2. Estimating and Interpreting Heritability for Plant Breeding: An Update......Page 21
I. The Meaning of Heritability......Page 22
II. Response to Selection......Page 24
III. Covariances of Relatives......Page 33
IV. Variance Among Selection Units......Page 37
V. Estimating Heritability as a Function of Variance Components......Page 41
VI. Estimating Heritability from Parent-Offspring Regression......Page 77
VII. Estimating Realized Heritability......Page 81
VIII. Examples of Heritability Estimates......Page 82
Appendices......Page 114
Literature Cited......Page 120
I. Introduction......Page 125
II. Genetic Model......Page 130
III. Least Squares Estimation......Page 144
IV. Maximum Likelihood Analysis......Page 150
V. Bayesian Analysis......Page 164
VI. Discussion and Conclusions......Page 169
Literature Cited......Page 173
4. Oil Palm Genetic Improvement......Page 177
I. Introduction......Page 178
II. Germplasm Resources......Page 181
III. Improvement Objectives......Page 186
IV. Breeding Techniques......Page 192
V. Future Prospects......Page 217
Literature Cited......Page 218
5. Breeding Wheat for Resistance to Insects......Page 233
I. Introduction......Page 234
II. Wheat Stem Sawfly......Page 237
III. Wheat Midge......Page 246
IV. Hessian Fly......Page 259
V. Russian Wheat Aphid......Page 272
VI. Greenbug......Page 282
Literature Cited......Page 290
6. Peanut Breeding and Genetic Resources......Page 309
I. Introduction......Page 310
II. Evolution and Taxonomy......Page 312
III. Reproductive Development......Page 317
IV. Cytogenetics and Genomes......Page 319
V. Genetic Resources......Page 321
VI. Breeding Peanut......Page 328
VII. Summary......Page 350
Literature Cited......Page 352
7. History and Breeding of Table Beet in the United States......Page 369
I. Introduction......Page 370
II. Crop Origins......Page 371
III. Horticulture of Table Beet......Page 373
IV. Genetics and Breeding......Page 379
V. Breeding Methods......Page 388
VI. Future Directions......Page 396
Literature Cited......Page 398
8. Yeast as a Molecular Genetic System for Improvement of Plant Salt Tolerance......Page 401
I. Introduction......Page 402
II. Yeast Complementation......Page 406
III. Orthologous Plant and Yeast Genes......Page 410
IV. Similarity of Cellular Salt Tolerance in Plants and Yeast......Page 427
Literature Cited......Page 428
Subject Index......Page 439
Cumulative Subject Index......Page 440
Cumulative Contributor Index......Page 455