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Aimed at undergraduate and graduate students pursuing courses in applied genetics and plant breeding, but particularly at practising plant breeders, this book assumes only a basic knowledge of genetics and statistics. It expressly seeks to examine and explain quantitative and ecological aspects of plant breeding from a practical point-of-view, using data taken whenever possible from actual breeding trials to illustrate the analytical techniques described. The text is divided into eight chapters, of which the first is a historical introduction to the subject. Topics covered in the remaining chapters include the fitting of genetic models to means and variances and their role in prediction; experimental mating designs and their use in breeding programmes; selection with and without competition; the problems posed by, and the analysis of, genotype-environment interactions in multi-environment trials; stability, adaptability and adaptation; genetic resources and diversity, and ecogeographical breeding; breeding for biotic and abiotic stress. This book should be of interest to plant scientists, agricultural scientists, plant breeders and geneticists.

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Author:   J. Hill ,  H.C. Becker ,  P.M. Tigerstedt
Publisher:   Chapman and Hall
Imprint:   Chapman and Hall
Volume:   v. 4
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.290kg
ISBN:  

9780412753909

ISBN 10:   0412753901
Pages:   275
Publication Date:   30 September 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Genetic foundations; the historical setting.- 1.1 Genetical developments.- 1.2 Ecological developments.- 1.3 Biometrical developments.- References.- One Quantitative variation: its detection, estimation and utilization.- 2 Genetic models and their predictive value.- 3 Experimental mating designs: an assessment of their use and efficiency in breeding programmes.- The diallel cross: the ultimate mating design?.- 5 Selection with and without competition.- Two Genotype and environment: their interrelationships.- 6 Genotype—environment interactions: analysis and problems.- 7 Stability, adaptability and adaptation.- 8 Breeding for biotic and abiotic stress.- 9 Genetic resources, genetic diversity and ecogeographic breeding.

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