Plant Breeding Reviews (Volume 27)

PLANT BREEDING REVIEWS, Volume 27......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Contributors......Page 10
1: Dedication: Fredrick A. Bliss Teacher, Researcher, and Director of Plant Breeding......Page 13
2: Sugarcane Improvement through Breeding and Biotechnology......Page 27
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 30
II. SUGARCANE BREEDING......Page 32
III. SUGARCANE IMPROVEMENT THROUGH BIOTECHNOLOGY......Page 69
LITERATURE CITED......Page 112
3: Breeding for Resistance to Maize Foliar Pathogens......Page 131
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 133
II. DISEASES INCITED BY FUNGAL PATHOGENS......Page 137
III. DISEASES INCITED BY VIRAL PATHOGENS......Page 154
IV. DISEASES INCITED BY BACTERIAL PATHOGENS......Page 168
V. SUMMARY......Page 171
LITERATURE CITED......Page 174
4: Synteny in the Rosaceae......Page 187
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 188
II. GENETIC MAPS IN THE MAIN ROSACEAE SPECIES......Page 189
III. MAP COMPARISONS......Page 203
IV. OTHER GENETIC RESOURCES OF INTEREST FOR MAP COMPARISON......Page 214
V. FUTURE PROSPECTS......Page 215
LITERATURE CITED......Page 217
5: Genetic Mapping and Molecular Breeding in Cucurbits......Page 225
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 226
II. CLASSIC GENETIC MAPS......Page 227
III. MOLECULAR GENETIC MAPS......Page 228
IV. GENE TAGGING......Page 231
V. QTL MAPPING......Page 238
VI. MOLECULAR BREEDING......Page 245
VII. GENE CLONING......Page 247
VIII. CUCURBIT GENOMICS......Page 248
IX. FUTURE PROSPECTS......Page 249
LITERATURE CITED......Page 251
6: Breeding Douglas-fir......Page 257
I. ABBREVIATIONS......Page 258
II. INTRODUCTION......Page 259
III. DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF FOREST TREES......Page 261
IV. DOUGLAS-FIR: THE SPECIES......Page 263
V. FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE DOUGLAS-FIR BREEDING......Page 266
VI. BREEDING GOALS AND OBJECTIVES......Page 291
VII. OVERVIEW OF TREE BREEDING METHODS......Page 298
VIII. BREEDING PROGRAMS......Page 301
IX. BREEDING AND TESTING METHODS......Page 308
X. PRODUCTION OF IMPROVED MATERIALS FOR REFORESTATION......Page 331
XI. BIOTECHNOLOGY......Page 343
XII. GENE CONSERVATION......Page 349
LITERATURE CITED......Page 351
Subject Index......Page 366
Cumulative Subject Index......Page 367
Cumulative Contributor Index......Page 383
Color plates......Page 387