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Plant breeding: principles & methods/ B.D. Singh

By: Singh, B. D Publication details: Delhi: Kalyani Publisher, 2019Edition: 11th rev. edDescription: 907 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9789327296198; 9327296192Subject(s): Plant breeding | Seeds | Genetics | HybridizationDDC classification: 631.53

Contents:

Part I : General considerations -- Introduction to plant breeding -- Domestication and germplasm conservation -- Plant introduction -- Modes of reproduction in crop plants -- Pollination control I. Self-incompatibility and apomixis -- Pollination control II. Male sterility -- Qualitative and quantitative characters -- Biometrical techniques in plant breeding -- Part II : Principles : Self-Pollinated crops -- Selection in self-pollinated crops -- Hybridization : Techniques and consequences -- Part III : Principles : Cross-pollinated crops -- Genetic composition of cross-pollinated populations -- Selection in cross-pollinated crops -- Heterosis and inbreeding depression -- Part IV : Methods : Self-pollinated crops -- Mass selection -- Purelines selection -- Pedigree selection -- Bulk method -- Backcross method -- Other approaches to breeding of self-pollinated crops -- Effectiveness of different methods for handling of segregating generations -- Part V : Methods : Cross-pollinated crops -- Population improvement -- Hybrid varieties -- Part VI : Methods : Clonal crops -- Clonal selection and hybridization -- Part VII : Methods : Stress resistance -- Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses I. Drought resistance -- Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses II.Mineral stresses (Salinity, Mineral Deficiency and mineral toxicity) -- Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses III. Heat and cold resistance -- Breeding for resistance to biotic stresses I. Disease resistance -- Breeding for resistance to biotic stresses II. Insect resistance -- Part VIII : Methods : Special approaches -- Ideotype concept in crop improvement -- Breeding for quality I. Protein quality -- Breeding for quality I. Oil quality -- Mutations in crop improvement -- Polyploidy in plant breeding -- Distant hybridization in plant breeding -- Biotechnology in crop improvement I. Tissue culture technology -- Biotechnology in crop improvement II. Transgenic technology -- Molecular markers in plant breeding I. Markers and marker-train associations -- Molecular markers in plant breeding II. Applications of molecular markers -- Part IX : Evaluation and multiplication -- Release of new varieties -- Quality seed -- Part X : Miscellaneous considerations -- Organisations for crop improvement in India -- International institutes for crop improvement --Intellectual property rights.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	631.53 SIN/P (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		48272

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Part I : General considerations --
Introduction to plant breeding --
Domestication and germplasm conservation --
Plant introduction --
Modes of reproduction in crop plants --
Pollination control I. Self-incompatibility and apomixis --
Pollination control II. Male sterility --
Qualitative and quantitative characters --
Biometrical techniques in plant breeding --
Part II : Principles : Self-Pollinated crops --
Selection in self-pollinated crops --
Hybridization : Techniques and consequences --
Part III : Principles : Cross-pollinated crops --
Genetic composition of cross-pollinated populations --
Selection in cross-pollinated crops --
Heterosis and inbreeding depression --
Part IV : Methods : Self-pollinated crops --
Mass selection --
Purelines selection --
Pedigree selection --
Bulk method --
Backcross method --
Other approaches to breeding of self-pollinated crops --
Effectiveness of different methods for handling of segregating generations --
Part V : Methods : Cross-pollinated crops --
Population improvement --
Hybrid varieties --
Part VI : Methods : Clonal crops --
Clonal selection and hybridization --
Part VII : Methods : Stress resistance --
Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses I. Drought resistance --
Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses II.Mineral stresses (Salinity, Mineral Deficiency and mineral toxicity) --
Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses III. Heat and cold resistance --
Breeding for resistance to biotic stresses I. Disease resistance --
Breeding for resistance to biotic stresses II. Insect resistance --
Part VIII : Methods : Special approaches --
Ideotype concept in crop improvement --
Breeding for quality I. Protein quality --
Breeding for quality I. Oil quality --
Mutations in crop improvement --
Polyploidy in plant breeding --
Distant hybridization in plant breeding --
Biotechnology in crop improvement I. Tissue culture technology --
Biotechnology in crop improvement II. Transgenic technology --
Molecular markers in plant breeding I. Markers and marker-train associations --
Molecular markers in plant breeding II. Applications of molecular markers --
Part IX : Evaluation and multiplication --
Release of new varieties --
Quality seed --
Part X : Miscellaneous considerations --
Organisations for crop improvement in India --
International institutes for crop improvement --Intellectual property rights.

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