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Genetic Analysis Of Oil And Grain Yield Improvment Using Elite Inbred Lines Of Maize Zea Mays L Through Lxt Design
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Book Synopsis Plant Breeding For Stress Environments by : Abraham Blum
Download or read book Plant Breeding For Stress Environments written by Abraham Blum and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication opens with the inevitable introduction, moves on to the present traditional approach to breeding for yield stability, and then enumerates a detailed discussion of the physiological approach to breeding for resistance to specific stresses. Not all environmental stresses are covered, omitting those for which little can be said today on practical breeding solutions.
Book Synopsis An Introduction to Genetic Statistics by : Oscar Kempthorne
Download or read book An Introduction to Genetic Statistics written by Oscar Kempthorne and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1957 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elementary probability; Random mating populations; Elementary selection problems; The elementary stochastic theory of genetic populations; Inbreeding; The generation matrix theory of inbreeding; Tests of genetic hypotheses; The estimation of genetic parameters; The planning of experiments; Statistical problems in human genetics; The analysis of variation; The partition of variance; Multiple regression, correlation and adjustment of data, and path analysis; Inheritance of quantitative characters in a random mating population; Non-random mating deploid populations with one locus segregating; Correlation between relatives under inbreeding with one locus segregating; One-locus polyploid populations; Diploid populations with arbitrary number of segregating loci and arbitrary epistacy; Inbreeding with a arbitrary diploid population; Population derived from inbred lines; Infinitesimal equilibrium theory of assortative mating; Selection for quantitative characters.
Book Synopsis The Science of Flavonoids by : Erich Grotewold
Download or read book The Science of Flavonoids written by Erich Grotewold and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the only book of its kind to provide an overview of the science of flavonoids in plants.
Book Synopsis Accelerated Plant Breeding, Volume 1 by : Satbir Singh Gosal
Download or read book Accelerated Plant Breeding, Volume 1 written by Satbir Singh Gosal and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-05-23 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plant improvement has shifted its focus from yield, quality and disease resistance to factors that will enhance commerical export, such as early maturity, shelf life and better processing quality. Conventional plant breeding methods aiming at the improvement of a self-pollinating crop, such as wheat, usually take 10-12 years to develop and release of the new variety. During the past 10 years, significant advances have been made and accelerated methods have been developed for precision breeding and early release of crop varieties. This work summarizes concepts dealing with germplasm enhancement and development of improved varieties based on innovative methodologies that include doubled haploidy, marker assisted selection, marker assisted background selection, genetic mapping, genomic selection, high-throughput genotyping, high-throughput phenotyping, mutation breeding, reverse breeding, transgenic breeding, shuttle breeding, speed breeding, low cost high-throughput field phenotyping, etc. It is an important reference with special focus on accelerated development of improved crop varieties.
Book Synopsis Chromosome Engineering in Plants by : P.K. Gupta
Download or read book Chromosome Engineering in Plants written by P.K. Gupta and published by Newnes. This book was released on 1991-05-13 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume work surveys the entire range of general aspects of chromosome research on plants. This first volume is divided into two sections. Section A consists of 11 chapters covering the entire range of general aspects of chromosome research in plants (including a chapter on genetic engineering in crop improvement). Section B is devoted to cytogenetics of cereals and millets (wheat, rye, barley, triticale, oats, maize, rice, pearl millet, and minor millets). More than one chapter is devoted to the same crop to give a detailed treatment of chromosome research (including molecular biology) in these crops.The second volume deals with cytogenetics of plant materials including legumes, vegetable and oil crops, sugar crops, forage crops, fibre crops, medicinal crops and ornamentals. This work will be useful both as a reference work and a teaching aid to satisfy a wide range of workers. Every chapter has been written by an expert who has been involved in chromosome research on a particular plant material for many years.
Book Synopsis Genotype X Environment Interactions by : Paolo Annicchiarico
Download or read book Genotype X Environment Interactions written by Paolo Annicchiarico and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The projected increase in world population levels and the subsequent rise in food demand represents a huge challenge for agricultural production systems worldwide. This publication examines the opportunities and challenges raised by the use of plant genetic resources and highlights the contribution that data from multi-environment yield trials can provide for the definition of adaptation strategies and yield stability targets in plant breeding programmes. It contains a case study about a durum wheat crop programme in Algeria, and also includes a CD-ROM with data from IRRISTAT, a programme developed by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).
Book Synopsis Quantitative Genetics and Selection in Plant Breeding by : Günter Wricke
Download or read book Quantitative Genetics and Selection in Plant Breeding written by Günter Wricke and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 1986 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Feeding and Management of Livestock During Drought and Scarcity by : N.V. Patil
Download or read book Feeding and Management of Livestock During Drought and Scarcity written by N.V. Patil and published by Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book attempts to address the issue of management in terms of feeding livestock for production and health in drought period. The chapters included in the book elucidates the management of feeding, feed resources, production and health so as to make the livestock production economical. It is hoped that the compilation will prove useful for the researchers, planners and policy makers to understand the causes for the loss of productivity and health of livestock in drier regions and help in devising management plans towards sustenance and improvement of production. The contributions from the researchers and experts from National Research Institutions, Government organizations and Universities working in the dry areas will be useful to all concerned, including the professionals of animal husbandry.
Book Synopsis Quantitative Genetics in Maize Breeding by : Arnel R. Hallauer
Download or read book Quantitative Genetics in Maize Breeding written by Arnel R. Hallauer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maize is used in an endless list of products that are directly or indirectly related to human nutrition and food security. Maize is grown in producer farms, farmers depend on genetically improved cultivars, and maize breeders develop improved maize cultivars for farmers. Nikolai I. Vavilov defined plant breeding as plant evolution directed by man. Among crops, maize is one of the most successful examples for breeder-directed evolution. Maize is a cross-pollinated species with unique and separate male and female organs allowing techniques from both self and cross-pollinated crops to be utilized. As a consequence, a diverse set of breeding methods can be utilized for the development of various maize cultivar types for all economic conditions (e.g., improved populations, inbred lines, and their hybrids for different types of markets). Maize breeding is the science of maize cultivar development. Public investment in maize breeding from 1865 to 1996 was $3 billion (Crosbie et al., 2004) and the return on investment was $260 billion as a consequence of applied maize breeding, even without full understanding of the genetic basis of heterosis. The principles of quantitative genetics have been successfully applied by maize breeders worldwide to adapt and improve germplasm sources of cultivars for very simple traits (e.g. maize flowering) and very complex ones (e.g., grain yield). For instance, genomic efforts have isolated early-maturing genes and QTL for potential MAS but very simple and low cost phenotypic efforts have caused significant and fast genetic progress across genotypes moving elite tropical and late temperate maize northward with minimal investment. Quantitative genetics has allowed the integration of pre-breeding with cultivar development by characterizing populations genetically, adapting them to places never thought of (e.g., tropical to short-seasons), improving them by all sorts of intra- and inter-population recurrent selection methods, extracting lines with more probability of success, and exploiting inbreeding and heterosis. Quantitative genetics in maize breeding has improved the odds of developing outstanding maize cultivars from genetically broad based improved populations such as B73. The inbred-hybrid concept in maize was a public sector invention 100 years ago and it is still considered one of the greatest achievements in plant breeding. Maize hybrids grown by farmers today are still produced following this methodology and there is still no limit to genetic improvement when most genes are targeted in the breeding process. Heterotic effects are unique for each hybrid and exotic genetic materials (e.g., tropical, early maturing) carry useful alleles for complex traits not present in the B73 genome just sequenced while increasing the genetic diversity of U.S. hybrids. Breeding programs based on classical quantitative genetics and selection methods will be the basis for proving theoretical approaches on breeding plans based on molecular markers. Mating designs still offer large sample sizes when compared to QTL approaches and there is still a need to successful integration of these methods. There is a need to increase the genetic diversity of maize hybrids available in the market (e.g., there is a need to increase the number of early maturing testers in the northern U.S.). Public programs can still develop new and genetically diverse products not available in industry. However, public U.S. maize breeding programs have either been discontinued or are eroding because of decreasing state and federal funding toward basic science. Future significant genetic gains in maize are dependent on the incorporation of useful and unique genetic diversity not available in industry (e.g., NDSU EarlyGEM lines). The integration of pre-breeding methods with cultivar development should enhance future breeding efforts to maintain active public breeding programs not only adapting and improving genetically broad-based germplasm but also developing unique products and training the next generation of maize breeders producing research dissertations directly linked to breeding programs. This is especially important in areas where commercial hybrids are not locally bred. More than ever public and private institutions are encouraged to cooperate in order to share breeding rights, research goals, winter nurseries, managed stress environments, and latest technology for the benefit of producing the best possible hybrids for farmers with the least cost. We have the opportunity to link both classical and modern technology for the benefit of breeding in close cooperation with industry without the need for investing in academic labs and time (e.g., industry labs take a week vs months/years in academic labs for the same work). This volume, as part of the Handbook of Plant Breeding series, aims to increase awareness of the relative value and impact of maize breeding for food, feed, and fuel security. Without breeding programs continuously developing improved germplasm, no technology can develop improved cultivars. Quantitative Genetics in Maize Breeding presents principles and data that can be applied to maximize genetic improvement of germplasm and develop superior genotypes in different crops. The topics included should be of interest of graduate students and breeders conducting research not only on breeding and selection methods but also developing pure lines and hybrid cultivars in crop species. This volume is a unique and permanent contribution to breeders, geneticists, students, policy makers, and land-grant institutions still promoting quality research in applied plant breeding as opposed to promoting grant monies and indirect costs at any short-term cost. The book is dedicated to those who envision the development of the next generation of cultivars with less need of water and inputs, with better nutrition; and with higher percentages of exotic germplasm as well as those that pursue independent research goals before searching for funding. Scientists are encouraged to use all possible breeding methodologies available (e.g., transgenics, classical breeding, MAS, and all possible combinations could be used with specific sound long and short-term goals on mind) once germplasm is chosen making wise decisions with proven and scientifically sound technologies for assisting current breeding efforts depending on the particular trait under selection. Arnel R. Hallauer is C. F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture (Emeritus) at Iowa State University (ISU). Dr. Hallauer has led maize-breeding research for mid-season maturity at ISU since 1958. His work has had a worldwide impact on plant-breeding programs, industry, and students and was named a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Hallauer is a native of Kansas, USA. José B. Miranda Filho is full-professor in the Department of Genetics, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz - University of São Paulo located at Piracicaba, Brazil. His research interests have emphasized development of quantitative genetic theory and its application to maize breeding. Miranda Filho is native of Pirassununga, São Paulo, Brazil. M.J. Carena is professor of plant sciences at North Dakota State University (NDSU). Dr. Carena has led maize-breeding research for short-season maturity at NDSU since 1999. This program is currently one the of the few public U.S. programs left integrating pre-breeding with cultivar development and training in applied maize breeding. He teaches Quantitative Genetics and Crop Breeding Techniques at NDSU. Carena is a native of Buenos Aires, Argentina. http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/plantsci/faculty/Carena.htm
Download or read book Plant Breeding written by M.D. Hayward and published by Springer. This book was released on 1993-05-31 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our requirement for plant breeders to be successful has never been greater. However one views the forecasted numbers for future population growth we will need, in the immediate future, to be feeding, clothing and housing many more people than we do, inadequately, at present. Plant breeding represents the most valuable strategy in increasing our productivity in a way that is sustainable and environmentally sensitive. Plant breeding can rightly be considered as one of the oldest multidisciplinary subjects that is known to humans. It was practised by people who first started to carry out a settled form of agriculture. The art, as it must have been at that stage, was applied without any formal underlying framework, but achieved dramatic results, as witnessed by the forms of cultivated plants we have today. We are now learning how to apply successfully the results of yet imperfect scientific knowledge. This knowledge is, however, rapidly developing, particularly in areas of tissue culture, biotechnology and molecular biology. Plant breeding's inherent multifaceted nature means that alongside obvious subject areas like genetics we also need to consider areas such as: statistics, physiology, plant pathology, entomology, biochemistry, weed science, quality, seed characteristics, repro ductive biology, trial design, selection and computing. It therefore seems apparent that modern plant breeders need to have a grasp of wide range of scientific knowledge and expertise if they are successfully to a exploit the techniques, protocols and strategies which are open to them.
Download or read book GGE Biplot Analysis written by Weikai Yan and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2002-08-28 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research data is expensive and precious, yet it is seldom fully utilized due to our ability of comprehension. Graphical display is desirable, if not absolutely necessary, for fully understanding large data sets with complex interconnectedness and interactions. The newly developed GGE biplot methodology is a superior approach to the graphical analys
Book Synopsis Plant Biotechnology and Genetics by : C. Neal Stewart, Jr.
Download or read book Plant Biotechnology and Genetics written by C. Neal Stewart, Jr. and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-12-13 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to inform and inspire the next generation of plant biotechnologists Plant Biotechnology and Genetics explores contemporary techniques and applications of plant biotechnology, illustrating the tremendous potential this technology has to change our world by improving the food supply. As an introductory text, its focus is on basic science and processes. It guides students from plant biology and genetics to breeding to principles and applications of plant biotechnology. Next, the text examines the critical issues of patents and intellectual property and then tackles the many controversies and consumer concerns over transgenic plants. The final chapter of the book provides an expert forecast of the future of plant biotechnology. Each chapter has been written by one or more leading practitioners in the field and then carefully edited to ensure thoroughness and consistency. The chapters are organized so that each one progressively builds upon the previous chapters. Questions set forth in each chapter help students deepen their understanding and facilitate classroom discussions. Inspirational autobiographical essays, written by pioneers and eminent scientists in the field today, are interspersed throughout the text. Authors explain how they became involved in the field and offer a personal perspective on their contributions and the future of the field. The text's accompanying CD-ROM offers full-color figures that can be used in classroom presentations with other teaching aids available online. This text is recommended for junior- and senior-level courses in plant biotechnology or plant genetics and for courses devoted to special topics at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. It is also an ideal reference for practitioners.
Book Synopsis Modern Trends in Library and Information Science by : P.K. Gupta
Download or read book Modern Trends in Library and Information Science written by P.K. Gupta and published by Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2010-03-18 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume is a collection of scholarly written essays in honour of Dr. D.C. Ojha by the eminent librarians, Director, Professors, Information Scientists working in INFLIBNET, Universities including National University, DRDO, ICAR, including Agricultural Universities, CSSR, BITS and AICTE and MNIT Colleges of India. The application of Information Technology (IT) and Information Communication Technology (ICT) in libraries have brought the revolutionary changes in the entire concept of library operations, services and management. To peep into it, library and information science professionals, used to get ready to face the challenges emerging due to the adoption of newer technologies. An attempt has been made in the present volume to synthesize all aspects of IT and to put them in the systematic order at one place to understand the conceptual phenomena and to render the better and effective services to clientele. This book not only deals with the theoretical aspects about the application of IT in all types of libraries but there are also some case studies which show the path to march forward. The emergence of Internet, particularly the World Wide Web (WWW) as a new media of information delivery and digitization and virtual libraries, have been discussed, in one way or the other, in almost all chapters of the proposed book. A full chapter has been given on Cyber Crime and Indian Cyber Law. Few important topics covered in this volume are: • Information & Communication Technology (ICT) in Academic Libraries. • Marketing of e-resources. • Evaluation of Indian Library Software Packages. • Information Management in DRDO Libraries. • Digital Libraries. • Library 2.0 • RFID Ssytem for Libraries • Open Source Software for Libraries • IARI Library: A profile • Government Knowledge Centre: A Model for State Public Library. • Cyber Crime and Indian Cyber Law. The book is suppose to be useful for participating librarians, Information Scientists, Research Scholars, Teachers and students of library and information science and to those who feel concerned with modernization and digitization of library resources.
Book Synopsis Principles of Plant Breeding by : Robert W. Allard
Download or read book Principles of Plant Breeding written by Robert W. Allard and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1999-05-10 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Die Pflanzenzucht enthält Elemente individueller und kultureller Selektion - ein Prozeß, den die langerwartete zweite Auflage hinsichtlich sowohl einzelner Pflanzen als auch kompletter Populationen unter die Lupe nimmt. Im Zuge der Aktualisierung des Stoffes wurden neue Themen aufgenommen: moderne Gewebekulturtechniken, molekularbiologische Verfahren, Aspekte der Wechselwirkung zwischen natürlicher und menschlicher Selektion und zwischen Genotyp und Umwelt sowie eine Reihe von Techniken zur Ertragssteigerung in ungünstigen Anbaugebieten. (05/99)
Book Synopsis Resource Allocation and Genomic Prediction in Maize (Zea Mays L.) Hybrid Breeding and a Genetic Analysis of Pericarp Pigmentation by : Dylan Schoemaker
Download or read book Resource Allocation and Genomic Prediction in Maize (Zea Mays L.) Hybrid Breeding and a Genetic Analysis of Pericarp Pigmentation written by Dylan Schoemaker and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maize (Zea mays L.) is a globally important crop species sold as a hybrid and is a model system for both genetics and plant breeding research. The maize breeding process involves identification of new inbred lines, followed by the identification and production of commercial hybrids from crosses of inbreds. Genomic selection and evaluation of hybrid phenotypes are important components of this process. In this dissertation, I use a large multi-environment trial dataset to explore the impact of resource allocation when developing genomic prediction models. Resource-efficient training sets can be developed using three to five environments and a single tester to predict both plant height and grain yield. A second study in my dissertation focused on prediction of hybrid combinations and the importance of general and specific combining ability in identifying new hybrids. The results demonstrated that hybrids with the greatest grain yield result from parents with a high general combining ability, but hybrids with the greatest performance may not have the largest specific combining ability deviation. Therefore, modeling only additive genetic relationships can lead to an accurate genomic prediction model during early-stage testing in a hybrid maize breeding program. The third study in my dissertation was a genetic analysis of pericarp pigmentation in progenies of commercial dent germplasm. Allelic variation at the well-studied pericarp color1 (P1) locus was significantly associated with pericarp pigmentation. The results from these projects provide novel insight into the design of hybrid breeding programs and the allocation of resources when implementing genomic selection. The research also provides candidate genes for geneticists or maize breeders to aid in the development of inbred lines with novel pericarp hues and elite agronomic characteristics.
Book Synopsis Climate Change And Stress Management: Sheep And Goat Production by : S. A. Karim
Download or read book Climate Change And Stress Management: Sheep And Goat Production written by S. A. Karim and published by . This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 825 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers presented at the National Seminar on Stress Management in Small Ruminant Production and Product Processing.
Book Synopsis Combining Ability Among and Within Early, Medium and Late Maturity Classes of Maize (Zea Mays L.) Inbred Lines by : Mohamed Barre Ahmed
Download or read book Combining Ability Among and Within Early, Medium and Late Maturity Classes of Maize (Zea Mays L.) Inbred Lines written by Mohamed Barre Ahmed and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
