Selection Methods in Plant Breeding

1. Introduction

2. Population Genetic Effects of Cross-fertilization

3. Population Genetic Effects of Inbreeding

4. Assortative Mating and Disassortative Mating

5. Population Genetic Effect of Selection with regard to Sex Expression

6. Selection with Regard to a Trait with Qualitative Variation

7. Random Variation of Allele Frequencies

8. Components of the Phenotypic Value of Traits with Quantitative Variation

9. Effects of the Mode of Reproduction on the Expected Genotypic Value

10. Effects of the Mode of Reproduction on the Genetic Variance

11. Applications of Quantitative Genetic Theory in Plant Breeding

12. Selection for Several Traits

13. Genotype × Environment Interaction

14. Selection with Regard to a Trait with Quantitative Variation

15. Reduction of the Detrimental Effect of Allocompetition on the Efficiency of Selection

16. Optimizing the Evaluation of Candidates by means of Plots

17. Causes of the Low Efficiency of Selection

18. The Optimum Generation to Start Selection for Yield of a Self-Fertilizing Crop

19. Experimental Designs for the Evaluation of Candidate Varieties

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Keywords: SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / General SCI008000