"Principles of Plant Genetics and Breeding"

Blackwell, September, 2006, 584 pages. $84.95 + shipping ($8.00, U.S. or $20.00 Elsewhere)

Until recently, plant breeders have depended primarily on classical tools to develop new and improved products for producers and consumers. However, with the advent of biotechnology, breeders are increasingly incorporating molecular tools in their breeding work. In recognition of the current state of methods and their application, this text introduces both classical and molecular tools for plant breeding.

Topics such as biotechnology in plant breeding, intellectual property, risks, emerging concepts (decentralized breeding, organic breeding), and more are addressed in this state of the art text. The final 8 chapters provide a useful reference on breeding the largest and most common crops. In addition, over 25 plant breeders share their professional experiences while illustrating concepts in the text.

Features include:

Comprehensive presentation of both classical and molecular plant breeding tools
Industry highlight essays from over 25 professional plant breeders
Chapter introductions, summaries and discussion questions
Easy reference glossary
Reference chapters on breeding 8 of the largest and most common crops

Table of Contents:

Part I: Underlying Science and Methods of Plant Breeding
Section 1: Historical Perspectives and Importance of Plant Breeding
1. History and role of plant breeding in society
Section 2: General Biological Concepts
2. The art and science of plant breeding
3. Cellular organization and genetic structure of plants: an overview
4. Plant reproductive systems
Section 3: Germplasm Issues
5. Variation: types, origin, and scale
6. Plant genetic resources for plant breeding
Section 4: Genetic Analysis in Plant Breeding
7. Introduction to concepts of population genetics
8. Introduction to quantitative genetics
9. Common statistical methods in plant breeding
Section 5: Tools in Plant Breeding
10. Sexual hybridization and wide crosses in plant breeding
11. Tissue culture and the breeding of clonally propagated plants
12. Mutagenesis in plant breeding
13. Polyploidy in plant breeding
14. Biotechnology in plant breeding
15. Issues in the application of biotechnology in plant breeding
Section 6: Classic Methods of Plant Breeding
16. Breeding self-pollinated species
17. Breeding cross-pollinated species
18. Breeding hybrid cultivars
Section 7: Selected Breeding Objectives
19. Breeding for physiological and morphological traits
20. Breeding for resistance to disease and insect pests
21. Breeding for resistance to abiotic stress
22. Breeding compositional traits and added value
Section 8: Cultivar Release and Commercial Seed Production
23. Performance evaluation for crop cultivar release
24. Seed certification and commercial seed multiplication
25. International plant breeding efforts
26. Emerging concepts in plant breeding
Part II: Breeding Selected Crops
27. Breeding wheat
28. Breeding corn
29. Breeding rice
30. Breeding sorghum
31. Breeding soybean
32. Breeding peanut
33. Breeding potato
34. Breeding cotton
Glossary
Appendix 1. Internet resources
Appendix 2: Conversion rates
Index

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