This book provides an overview of the rapidly developing integration and interdependence of quantitative genetics, genomics, bioinformatics and their application to plant breeding. Chapters have been developed from a symposium held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in March 2001, although additional contributions have also been commissioned especially for this volume. The main topics covered include: quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping, genomics, bioinformatics and marker-assisted selection; tissue culture and alien introgression for crop improvement; and advances in genotype by environment interaction/stability analysis.
Author(s): M S Kang
Series: Cabi
Edition: First
Publisher: CABI
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 417
Tags: Биологические дисциплины;Генетика;
Cover......Page 1
Quantitative Genetics, Genomics and Plant Breeding......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 10
Foreword......Page 12
Preface......Page 14
1 Vignettes of the History of Genetics......Page 18
Section I Genomics, Quantitative Trait Loci and Tissue Culture......Page 38
2 Quantitative Genetics, Genomics and the Future of Plant Breeding......Page 40
3 Why Quantitative Geneticists should Care about Bioinformatics......Page 50
4 QTL Analysis: Problems and (Possible) Solutions......Page 62
5 Association Mapping in Plant Populations......Page 76
6 Integrating Molecular Techniques into Quantitative Genetics and Plant Breeding......Page 86
7 Use of Molecular Markers in Plant Breeding: Drought Tolerance Improvement in Tropical Maize......Page 102
8 Explorations with Barley Genome Maps......Page 118
9 Global View of QTL: Rice as a Model......Page 126
10 Marker-assisted Back-cross Breeding: a Case-study in Genotype-building Theory......Page 152
11 Complexity, Quantitative Traits and Plant Breeding: a Role for Simulation Modelling in the Genetic Improvement of Crops......Page 160
12 Linking Biophysical and Genetic Models to Integrate Physiology, Molecular Biology and Plant Breeding......Page 184
13 Tissue Culture for Crop Improvement......Page 206
14 Transferring Genes from Wild Species into Rice......Page 214
Section II Genotype–Environment Interaction and Stability Analysis......Page 236
15 Genotype–Environment Interaction: Progress and Prospects......Page 238
16 Analysing QTL–Environment Interaction by Factorial Regression, with an Application to the CIMMYT Drought and Low-nitrogen Str......Page 262
17 Elements of Genotype–Environment Interaction: Genetic Components of the Photoperiod Response in Maize......Page 274
18 Mechanisms of Improved Nitrogen-use Efficiency in Cereals......Page 286
19 Biplot Analysis of Multi-environment Trial Data......Page 306
20 Linear–Bilinear Models for the Analysis of Genotype–Environment Interaction......Page 322
21 Exploring Variety–Environment Data Using Random Effects AMMI Models with Adjustments for Spatial Field Trend: Part 1: Theory......Page 340
22 Exploring Variety–Environment Data Using Random Effects AMMI Models with Adjustments for Spatial Field Trend: Part 2: Applica......Page 354
23 Applications of Mixed Models in Plant Breeding......Page 370
24 Defining Adaptation Strategies and Yield-stability Targets in Breeding Programmes......Page 382
Index......Page 402
