Principles of plant genetics and breeding/ Acquaah,George

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Section 1. Overview and historical perspectives:

1. Introduction;

2. History of plant breeding; Section

2. Population and quantitative genetic principles;

3. Introduction to concepts of population genetics;

4. Introduction to quantitative genetics --

Section 3. Reproductive systems:

5. Introduction to reproduction and autogamy;

6. Allogamy;

7. Hybridization;

8. Clonal propagation and in vitro culture

Section 4. Germplasm for breeding:

9. Variation: types, origin and scale;

10. Plant domestication;

11. Plant genetic resources --

Section 5. Breeding objectives:

12. Yield and morphological traits;

13. Quality traits;

14. Breeding for resistance to diseases and insect pests;

15. Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses

Section 6. Selection methods:

16. Breeding self-pollinated species;

17. Breeding cross-pollinated species;

18. Breeding hybrid cultivars;

19. Breeding clonally propagated species --

Section 7. Molecular breeding:

20. Molecular markers;

21. Mapping of genes;

22. Marker assisted selection;

23. Mutagenesis in plant breeding;

24. Polyploidy in plant breeding;

25. Molecular genetic modifications and genome-wide genetics --

Section 8. Marketing and societal issues in breeding:

26. Performance evaluation for crop cultivar release;

27. Seed certification and commercial seed release;

28. Regulatory and legal issues;

29. Value-driven concepts and social concerns;

30. International plant breeding efforts.

Section 9. Breeding selected crops:

31. Breeding wheat;

32. Breeding corn;

33. Breeding rice;

34. Breeding sorghum;

35. Breeding soybean;

36. Breeding peanut;

37. Breeding potato;

38. Breeding cotton;

39. Breeding tomato;

40. Breeding cucumber;

41. Breeding roses --