Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 22: (22 Plant Breeding Reviews)

Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 22 presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods. The emphasis of the series is on methodology, a practical understanding of crop genetics, and applications to major crops.

Table of Contents:
List of Contributors viii 1. Dedication: Denton E. Alexander; Teacher, Maize Geneticist, and Breeder 1 Robert J. Lambert 2. Estimating and Interpreting Heritability for Plant Breeding: An Update 9 James B. Holland, Wyman E. Nyquist, and Cuauhtemoc T. Cervantes-Martínez I. The Meaning of Heritability 10 II. Response to Selection 12 III. Covariances of Relatives 21 IV. Variance Among Selection Units 25 V. Estimating Heritability as a Function of Variance Components 29 VI. Estimating Heritability from Parent-Offspring Regression 65 VII. Estimating Realized Heritability 69 VIII. Examples of Heritability Estimates 70 Appendices 102 Literature Cited 108 3. Advanced Statistical Methods for Estimating Genetic Variances in Plants 113 Shizhong Xu I. Introduction 113 II. Genetic Model 118 III. Least Squares Estimation 132 IV. Maximum Likelihood Analysis 138 V. Bayesian Analysis 152 VI. Discussion and Conclusions 157 Literature Cited 161 4. Oil Palm Genetic Improvement 165 A. C. Soh, G. Wong, T. Y. Hor, C. C. Tan, and P. S. Chew I. Introduction 166 II. Germplasm Resources 169 III. Improvement Objectives 174 IV. Breeding Techniques 180 V. Future Prospects 205 Literature Cited 206 5. Breeding Wheat for Resistance to Insects 221 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 222 II. Wheat Stem Sawfly 225 III. Wheat Midge 234 IV. Hessian Fly 247 V. Russian Wheat Aphid 260 VI. Greenbug 270 Literature Cited 278 6. Peanut Breeding and Genetic Resources 297 C. Corley Holbrook and H. Thomas Stalker I. Introduction 298 II. Evolution and Taxonomy 300 III. Reproductive Development 305 IV. Cytogenetics and Genomes 307 V. Genetic Resources 309 VI. Breeding Peanut 316 VII. Summary 338 Literature Cited 340 7. History and Breeding of Table Beet in the United States 357 I. L. Goldman and J. P. Navazio I. Introduction 358 II. Crop Origins 359 III. Horticulture of Table Beet 361 IV. Genetics and Breeding 367 V. Breeding Methods 376 VI. Future Directions 384 Literature Cited 386 8. Yeast as a Molecular Genetic System for Improvement of Plant Salt Tolerance 389 Tracie K. Matsumoto, Ray A. Bressan, P. M. Hasegawa, and José M. Pardo I. Introduction 390 II. Yeast Complementation 394 III. Orthologous Plant and Yeast Genes 398 IV. Similarity of Cellular Salt Tolerance in Plants and Yeast 415 Literature Cited 416 Subject Index 427 Cumulative Subject Index 428 Cumulative Contributor Index 443

About the Author :
Jules Janick is the James Troop Distinguished Professor of Horticulture at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN, USA.