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Haploids in Crop Improvement I

From Fundamentals to Quantum Computing

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Y. P. S. Bajaj

    1. New Delhi, India

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Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry (AGRICULTURE, volume 12)

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Table of contents (30 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XX
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  2. Induction of Haploids, Pollen Embryogenesis, Ultrastructure, and Genetic Stability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. In Vitro Production of Haploids and Their Use in Cell Genetics and Plant Breeding

      • Y. P. S. Bajaj
      Pages 3-44

    3. Environmental and Genetical Aspects of Pollen Embryogenesis

      • W. Powell
      Pages 45-65

    4. Ultrastructure of Pollen Embryogenesis

      • T. L. Reynolds
      Pages 66-82

    5. Genetic Stability in Haploid Cell Cultures

      • A. Ziauddin, K. J. Kasha
      Pages 83-98

  5. Medicinal Plants

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 275-275
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    2. Digitalis spp.: In Vitro Production of Haploids

      • P. Pérez-Bermúdez, M.-J. Cornejo, J. Segura
      Pages 277-289

    3. Hyoscyamus spp.: Anther Culture Studies

      • V. Raghavan
      Pages 290-305

  6. Vegetables, Fruits, Miscellaneous

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 307-307
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Haploid plants have the gametophytic number of chromosomes. They are of great importance, especially in studies on the induction of muta­ tions and also for the production of homozygous plants, they are needed in large numbers. The conventional methods employed by plant breeders for their production are cumbersome, time-consuming, laborious and rather inefficient. Sometimes it may take years to produce a pure line. However, with the introduction of in vitro techniques, especially anther culture for the induction of androgenesis, it has become increasingly evi­ dent that these methods considerably accelerate the production of haploids for plant breeding programs. During the last decade, in vitro-produced haploids have been incor­ porated into breeding programs of many agricultural crops, and positive results have been obtained especially with rice, wheat, potato, barley, maize, asparagus, sunflower, brassica, tobacco, etc. Among these, rice and wheat are the best examples in which a number of improved varieties have been released. In wheat, the breeding cycle can be shortened by three or four generations when the pollen haploid breeding method is used instead of conventional cross-breeding. The release of the wheat varieties Jinghua 1 and Florin is a typical example of what can be achieved with other crops. Taking these developments into considera­ tion, the present volume, Haploids in Crop Improvement I, was compil­ ed.

Editors and Affiliations

  • New Delhi, India

    Y. P. S. Bajaj

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Haploids in Crop Improvement I

  • Book Subtitle: From Fundamentals to Quantum Computing

  • Editors: Y. P. S. Bajaj

  • Series Title: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61499-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-50798-7Published: 19 July 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-64856-4Published: 12 February 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-61499-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0934-943X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2512-3696

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 549

  • Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Biotechnology, Plant Sciences, Cell Biology

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