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Selection Methods in Plant Breeding
Written for plant breeders, researchers and post-graduate students, this book provides a comprehensive review of the methods and underlying theoretical foundations used for selection in plant breeding programmes. The authors review basic elements of population and quantitative genetic theory, and co...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2008.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. 2008. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Population Genetic Effects of Cross-fertilization
- Population Genetic Effects of Inbreeding
- Assortative Mating and Disassortative Mating
- Population Genetic Effect of Selection with regard to Sex Expression
- Selection with Regard to a Trait with Qualitative Variation
- Random Variation of Allele Frequencies
- Components of the Phenotypic Value of Traits with Quantitative Variation
- Effects of the Mode of Reproduction on the Expected Genotypic Value
- Effects of the Mode of Reproduction on the Genetic Variance
- Applications of Quantitative Genetic Theory in Plant Breeding
- Selection for Several Traits
- Genotype × Environment Interaction
- Selection with Regard to a Trait with Quantitative Variation
- Reduction of the Detrimental Effect of Allocompetition on the Efficiency of Selection
- Optimizing the Evaluation of Candidates by means of Plots
- Causes of the Low Efficiency of Selection
- The Optimum Generation to Start Selection for Yield of a Self-Fertilizing Crop
- Experimental Designs for the Evaluation of Candidate Varieties.