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Plant Breeding Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods. Many of the crops widely grown today stem from a very narrow genetic base; understanding and preserving crop genetic resources is vital to the security of food systems worldwide. The emphasis of the series is on methodology, a fundamental understanding of crop genetics, and applications to major crops. It is a serial title that appears in the form of one or two volumes per year.
List of contents
Contributors ix
1. Daniel Zohary: Geneticist and Explorer of Plant Domestication 1 Giora Simchen I. Early Days 2
II. Genetic Relationships among Related Plant Species 3
III. Domestication of Crops and Fruit Trees 4
IV. The Scientific Approach and Methodology of Daniel Zohary 6
V. The Book 7
VI. Awards, Honors, and Recognition 8
VII. Personality 9
Literature Cited and Selected Publications of Daniel Zohary 10
2. The Use of Association Genetics Approaches in Plant Breeding 17 María F. Álvarez, Teresa Mosquera, and Matthew W. Blair I. Introduction 19
II. Advantages of Association Mapping Approaches 20
III. Methods of Association Genetics 26
IV. Examples of Association Mapping 34
V. Software for Data Analysis 46
VI. Association Mapping Compared with Linkage Mapping 48
VII. Genome-Wide Selection and Genomic Selection 52
VIII. Outlook 54
Acknowledgments 57
Literature Cited 57
3. Epigenetics Connects the Genome to Its Environment 69 Ray A. Bressan, Jian-Kang Zhu, Michael J. Van Oosten, Albino Maggio, Hans J. Bohnert, and Viswanathan Chinnusamy
I. Introduction 71
II. Historical Perspective and Conceptual Framework 72
III. Epigenetics 80
IV. Epigenetic Memory 90
V. Sex, Epigenetics, and the Genome 93
VI. Adaptation is a Form of Development 102
VII. Evolution: The Engine of Ideas 108
Acknowledgments 121
Literature Cited 121
4. Peanut Improvement for Human Health 143 Sangam Dwivedi, Naveen Puppala, Soheila Maleki, Peggy Ozias-Akins, and Rodomiro Ortiz I. Introduction 146
II. Genetic Variability for Nutritional Traits 149
III. Peanut Allergens 153
IV. Predicting Seed Quality and Allergens 156
V. Genetic and Molecular Bases of High Oleate Trait 159
VI. Sequencing the Peanut Genome and Implications in Breeding 159
VII. Transgene(s) to Produce Nutrient-Dense and Toxin and Allergen-Free Peanuts 161
VIII. Breeding Opportunities 165
IX. Outlook 169
Acknowledgments 171
Literature Cited 171
5. Rice Breeding in Latin America 187 César P. Martínez, Edgar A. Torres, Marc Chatel, Gloria Mosquera, Jorge Duitama, Manabu Ishitani, Michael Selvaraj, Beata Dedicova, Joe Tohme, Cécile Grenier, Mathias Lorieux, Maribel Cruz, Luis Berrío, Edgar Corredor, Gonzalo Zorrilla de San Martin, Flavio Breseghello, Orlando Peixoto, Jose Manoel Colombari Filho, Adriano Pereira de Castro, Sergio Iraçu Gindri Lopes, Mara Barbosa, Gustavo Rodrigo Daltrozzo Funck, Pedro Blanco, Fernando Pérez de Vida, Federico Molina, Juan Rosas, Sebastián Martínez, Victoria Bonnecarrere, Silvia Garaycochea, Gonzalo Carracelas, Alfredo Marin, Fernando Correa-Victoria, Ismael Camargo, and Carlos Bernardo Bruzzone I. Introductory Remarks 192 II. The CIAT Rice Program 194
III. Advances in Population Improvement in Latin America and the Caribbean 202
IV. Genetics and Genomics Approaches to Improve Rice Breeding 206
V. Breeding for Resistance to Rice Pathogens 216
VI. Breeding for Adaptation to Abiotic Stresses 223
VII. Hybrid Rice Breeding 230
VIII. Rice Breeding Programs 234
IX. Perspectives and Future Directions 265
Literature Cited 266
Subject Index 279
Cumulative Subject Index 281
Cumulative Contributor Index 307
About the author
Jules Janick is James Troop Distinguished Professor in Horticulture within the Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN, USA.
Summary
Plant Breeding Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods.
