Plant breeding reviews / edited by Jules Janick.

1. Dedication: Denton E. Alexander; Teacher,
Maize Geneticist, and Breeder
Robert J. Lambert
2. Estimating and Interpreting Heritability
for Plant Breeding: An Update
James B. Holland, Wyman E. Nyquist, and
Cuauhtemoc T. Cervantes-Martinez
I. The Meaning of Heritability
II. Re.sponse to Selection
III. Covariances of Relatives
IV. Variance Among Selection Units
V. Estimating Heritability as a Function
of Variance Components
VI. Estimating Heritability from Parent-Offspring
Regression
VII. Estimating Realized Heritability
VIII. Examples of Heritability Estimates
Appendices
Literature Cited
3. Advanced Statistical Methods for Estimating
Genetic Variances in Plants
Shizhong Xu
I. Introduction
II. Genetic Model
III. Least Squares Estimation
IV. Maximum Likelihood Analysis
V. Bayesian Analysis
VI. Discussion and Conclusions
Literature Cited
4. Oil Palm Genetic Improvement
A. C. Soh, G. Wong. T. Y. Hor, C. C. Tan. and P. S. Chaw
I. Introduction
II. Germplasm Resources
III. Improvement Objectives
IV. Breeding Techniques
V. Future Prospects
Literature Cited
5. Breeding Wheat for Resistance to Insects
William A. Berzonsky. Hongjian Ding. Scott D. Haley.
Marion O. Harris, Robert J. Lamb. R. I. H. McKenzie.
Herbert W. Ohm, Fred L. Patterson. Frank Peairs.
David R. Porter. Roger H. Ratcliffe. and Thomas G. Shanower
I. Introduction
II. Wheat Stem Sawfly
III. Wheat Midge
IV. Hessian Fly
V. Russian Wheat Aphid
VI. Greenbug
Literature Cited
6. Peanut Breeding and Genetic Resources
C. Corley Holbrook and H. Thomas Stalker
I. Introduction
II. Evolution and Taxonomy
III. Reproductive Development
IV. Cytogenetics and Genomes
V. Genetic Resources
VI. Breeding Peanut
VII. Summary
Literature Cited
7. History and Breeding of Table Beet
in the United States
I. L. Goldman and /. P. Navazio
I. Introduction
II. Crop Origins
III. Horticulture of Table Beet
IV. Genetics and Breeding
V. Breeding Methods
VI. Future Directions
Literature Cited
8. Yeast as a Molecular Genetic System
for Improvement of Plant Salt Tolerance
Trade K. Matsumoto, Ray A. Bressan, P. M. Hasegawa,
and Jose M. Pardo
I. Introduction
II. Yeast Complementation
III. Orthologous Plant and Yeast Genes
IV. Similarity of Cellular Salt Tolerance in Plants
and Yeast
Literature Cited