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Selection Methods in Plant Breeding

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Authors:
  1. Izak Bos

    1. University of Wageningen, Netherlands

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  2. Peter Caligari

    1. University of Talca, Chile

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  • Concise text on population and quantitative genetic theory
  • Comprehensive treatment of selection methods for qualitative and quantitative traits
  • Extensive treatment of problems due to soil heterogeneity and intergenotypic competition

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    Pages 1-5

  3. Population Genetic Effects of Cross-fertilization

    Pages 7-32

  4. Population Genetic Effects of Inbreeding

    Pages 33-58

  5. Assortative Mating and Disassortative Mating

    Pages 59-67

  6. Population Genetic Effect of Selection with regard to Sex Expression

    Pages 69-76

  7. Selection with Regard to a Trait with Qualitative Variation

    Pages 77-106

  8. Random Variation of Allele Frequencies

    Pages 107-117

  9. Components of the Phenotypic Value of Traits with Quantitative Variation

    Pages 119-172

  10. Effects of the Mode of Reproduction on the Expected Genotypic Value

    Pages 173-203

  11. Effects of the Mode of Reproduction on the Genetic Variance

    Pages 205-223

  12. Applications of Quantitative Genetic Theory in Plant Breeding

    Pages 225-287

  13. Selection for Several Traits

    Pages 289-323

  14. Genotype × Environment Interaction

    Pages 325-338

  15. Selection with Regard to a Trait with Quantitative Variation

    Pages 339-379

  16. Reduction of the Detrimental Effect of Allocompetition on the Efficiency of Selection

    Pages 381-403

  17. Optimizing the Evaluation of Candidates by means of Plots

    Pages 405-420

  18. Causes of the Low Efficiency of Selection

    Pages 421-428

  19. The Optimum Generation to Start Selection for Yield of a Self-Fertilizing Crop

    Pages 429-436

  20. Experimental Designs for the Evaluation of Candidate Varieties

    Pages 437-443
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About this book

Selection procedures used in plant breeding have gradually developed over a very long time span, in fact since settled agriculture was ?rst undertaken. Nowadays these procedures range from very simple mass selection methods, sometimes applied in an ine?ective way, to indirect trait selection based on molecular markers. The procedures di?er in costs as well as in genetic - ciency.Incontrasttothegenetice?ciency,costsdependonthelocalconditions encountered by the breeder. The genetic progress per unit of money invested varies consequently from site to site. This book considers consequently only the genetic e?ciency, i.e. the rate of progress to be expected when applying a certain selection procedure. Ifabreederhasacertainbreedinggoalinmind,aselectionprocedureshould be chosen. A wise choice requires a wellfounded opinion about the response to be expected from any procedure that might be applied. Such an opinion should preferably be based on the most appropriate model when considering the crop and the trait (or traits) to be improved. Sometimes little knowledge is available about the genetic control of expression of the trait(s). This applies particularly in the case of quantitative variation in the traits. It is, therefore, important to be familiar with methods for the elucidation of the inheritance of the traits of interest. This means, in fact, that the breeder should be able to develop population genetic and quantitative genetic models that describe the observed mode of inheritance as satisfactorily as possible.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Wageningen, Netherlands

    Izak Bos

  • University of Talca, Chile

    Peter Caligari

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Selection Methods in Plant Breeding

  • Authors: Izak Bos, Peter Caligari

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6370-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6369-5Published: 14 November 2007

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7616-8Published: 10 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6370-1Published: 26 October 2007

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XII, 461

  • Topics: Plant Sciences, Genetics and Population Dynamics, Agriculture

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