Plant Breeding: Principles and Methods/ B D Singh

By:

Singh, B D

Material type:

TextPublication details: New Delhi: MedTech Science Press, 2026.Edition: 12th edDescription: lvi, 912pISBN:

9789393168061 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

Plant Breeding

DDC classification:

631.53 SIN/P

Contents:

Contents: Part I 1. Introduction to plant breeding 2. Domestication and germplasm conservation 3. Plant introduction 4. Modes of reproduction in crop plants 5. Pollination control : I. Self-Incompatibility and apomixis 6. Pollination control : II Male sterility 7. Qualitative and quantitative characters 8. Biometrical techniques in plant breeding Part II Principles - self-pollinated crops 9. Selection in self-pollinated crops 10. Hybridisation : Techniques and consequences Part III Principles-gross-pollinated crops 11. Genetic composition of cross-pollinated populations 12. Selection in cross-pollinated crops 13. Heterosis and Inbreeding depression Part IV Methods - Self Pollinated Crops 14. Mass Selection 15. Purelines Selection 16. Pedigree Selection 17. Bulk Method 18. Backcross method 19.Other approaches to breeding of self-pollinated crops 20. Effectiveness of different methods for handling of segregating generations Part V Methods Cross Pollinated Crops 21. Population improvement 22. Hybrid varieties Part VI Methods Clonal Crops 23. Clonal selection and hybridisation Part VII Methods - Stress resistance 24. Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses : Drought resistance 25. Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses : Mineral stresses (Salinity, mineral deficiency and mineral toxicity) 26. Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses : Heat and cold resistance 27. Breeding for resistance to biotic stresses : Disease resistance 28. Breeding for resistance to biotic stresses : Insect resistance Part VIII Methods- Special Approaches 29. Ideotype concept in crop improvement 30. Breeding for Quality : Protein quality 31. Breeding for Quality : Oil quality 32. Mutations in crop improvement 33. Polyploidy in plant breeding 34. Distant hybridisation in plant breeding 35. Biotechnology in crop improvement : Tissue culture technology 36. Biotechnology in crop improvement : Transgenic technology 37. Molecular markers in plant breeding : Markers and marker-trait associations 38. Molecular markers in plant breeding : Applications of molecular markers 39. Novel plant breeding tools/technologies (NPBTs) Part IX: Evaluation and Multiplication 40. Release of new varieties 41. Quality seed 42. Organisations for crop improvement in India 43. International institutes for crop improvement 44. Plant breeding in private sector environment seed industry at a glance for the new entrant/aspirant 45. Intellectual property rights Mega and Iconic varieties glosary Index

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Contents:
Part I
1. Introduction to plant breeding
2. Domestication and germplasm conservation
3. Plant introduction
4. Modes of reproduction in crop plants
5. Pollination control : I. Self-Incompatibility and apomixis
6. Pollination control : II Male sterility
7. Qualitative and quantitative characters
8. Biometrical techniques in plant breeding
Part II Principles - self-pollinated crops
9. Selection in self-pollinated crops
10. Hybridisation : Techniques and consequences
Part III Principles-gross-pollinated crops
11. Genetic composition of cross-pollinated populations
12. Selection in cross-pollinated crops
13. Heterosis and Inbreeding depression
Part IV Methods - Self Pollinated Crops
14. Mass Selection
15. Purelines Selection
16. Pedigree Selection
17. Bulk Method
18. Backcross method
19.Other approaches to breeding of self-pollinated crops
20. Effectiveness of different methods for handling of segregating generations
Part V Methods Cross Pollinated Crops
21. Population improvement
22. Hybrid varieties
Part VI Methods Clonal Crops
23. Clonal selection and hybridisation
Part VII Methods - Stress resistance
24. Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses : Drought resistance
25. Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses : Mineral stresses (Salinity, mineral deficiency and mineral toxicity)
26. Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses : Heat and cold resistance
27. Breeding for resistance to biotic stresses : Disease resistance
28. Breeding for resistance to biotic stresses : Insect resistance
Part VIII Methods- Special Approaches
29. Ideotype concept in crop improvement
30. Breeding for Quality : Protein quality
31. Breeding for Quality : Oil quality
32. Mutations in crop improvement
33. Polyploidy in plant breeding
34. Distant hybridisation in plant breeding
35. Biotechnology in crop improvement : Tissue culture technology
36. Biotechnology in crop improvement : Transgenic technology
37. Molecular markers in plant breeding : Markers and marker-trait associations
38. Molecular markers in plant breeding : Applications of molecular markers
39. Novel plant breeding tools/technologies (NPBTs)
Part IX: Evaluation and Multiplication
40. Release of new varieties
41. Quality seed
42. Organisations for crop improvement in India
43. International institutes for crop improvement
44. Plant breeding in private sector environment seed industry at a glance for the new entrant/aspirant
45. Intellectual property rights
Mega and Iconic varieties
glosary
Index

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