Plant Breeding: Past, Present and Future

Part I. Historical Introduction

1. Domestication, Dispersion, Selection and Hybridization of Cultivated Plants
John E. Bradshaw

2. Scientific Breeding in the Twentieth Century and Future Goals
John E. Bradshaw

Part II. Reproduction, Heredity and Variation

3. DNA and the Origin of Variation
John E. Bradshaw

4. Mendelian Genetics and Linkage Maps
John E. Bradshaw

5. Gene Expression and Selection of Major Genes
John E. Bradshaw

6. Quantitative Genetics and Genomic Selection
John E. Bradshaw

7. Genotype x Environment Interactions and Selection Environments
John E. Bradshaw

8. Genome Evolution and Polyploidy
John E. Bradshaw

Part III. Landraces to High Yielding Cultivars

9. Genetic Structure of Landraces
John E. Bradshaw

10. Open-Pollinated and Synthetic Cultivars from Population Improvement
John E. Bradshaw

11. Clonal Cultivars from Multistage Multitrait Selection
John E. Bradshaw

12. Hybrid Cultivars from Inbreeding and Crossbreeding
John E. Bradshaw

13. Inbred Line Cultivars and Mixtures from Hybridization and Inbreeding
John E. Bradshaw

14. Genetic Basis of Heterosis and Inbred Line Versus Hybrid Cultivars
John E. Bradshaw

Part IV. Improving High Yielding Cultivars

15. Use of Sexual Reproduction in Base Broadening and Introgression
John E. Bradshaw

16. Mutation Breeding
John E. Bradshaw

17. Genetically Modified Crops
John E. Bradshaw

18. Climate Change and Resistance to Pests and Diseases
John E. Bradshaw

Avainsanat: Life Sciences, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Plant Genetics & Genomics, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts