02682cam a2200145Ia 4500 0471215414 CUS 631.523 JAN/P Plant breeding reviews / edited by Jules Janick. Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2003. ix, 445 p. 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 Plant breeding. BOOKS 829 829 0 0 0 1 REF 1 1 REF 2016-05-16 631.523 JAN/P 044749 2016-05-16 00:00:00 BOOKS