Genetic Diversity in Plants
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4684-2888-9 (ISBN)
I. Introduction.- 1. Perspective.- 2. Inaugural Address.- 3. The World Food Crisis.- II. Natural and Induced Genetic Variability.- 4. Natural Variation and Its Conservation.- 5. On Germ Plasm Conservation with Special Reference to the Genus Medicago.- 6. Distribution Patterns of Indigenous Wheat Varieties in Northern Pakistan.- 7. Useful Genetic Sources of Economic Importance and Their Utilization in Wheat-Breeding Programs in Pakistan.- 8. Natural and Induced Genetic Variability in Wheat.- 9. The Exploitation of Natural Genetic Variability for the Improvement of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.).- 10. Synthetic Amphiploids in Breeding—Genetic and Evolutionary Studies in Wheat.- 11. The Use of Aneuploids in Studies of Genetics, Breeding, and Evolution in Wheat.- 12. Prospects and Perspectives in Mutation Breeding.- 13. Norin-10-Based Semidwarfism.- 14. Evaluation of Branched Ear Derivatives of Triticum aestivum L..- III. Genetic Variability and Resistance to Disease.- 15. Artificial Mutagenesis as an Aid in Overcoming Genetic Vulnerability of Crop Plants.- 16. Principal Diseases of Major Crops in Pakistan with Reference to Genetic Resistance.- 17. The Measurement of Disease Severity in Cereal Smut.- 18. Stabilizing Selection for Pathogenicity in Cereal Rust Fungi.- 19. Development of Disease-Resistant Chickpea.- IV. Genetics of Quantitative Characters.- 20. Coadaptation in Plant Populations.- 21. Estimation of Genotypic and Environmental Variation in Plants.- 22. Heritability Estimates from Four Generations of a Diallel Cross of Common Wheat.- 23. Diallel Analysis of Four Agronomic Traits in Common Wheat.- 24. The Use of Selection Indices in Maize (Zea mays L.).- 25. Quantitative Genetically Nonequivalent Reciprocal Crosses in Cultivated Plants.- V. Prospects of Breedingfor Physiological Characters.- 26. Physiological Basis of Salt Tolerance in Plants.- 27. Prospects of Breeding for Salt Tolerance in Rice.- 28. Plant Responses to High Temperatures.- 29. Effect of High-Temperature Stress on the Growth and Seed Characteristics of Barley and Cotton.- 30. Plant Genotype Effects on Nitrogen Fixation in Grasses.- VI. Seed Storage Proteins.- 31. Storage Proteins in Cereals.- 32. Nutritional Aspects of Cereal Proteins.- 33. Wheat Protein.- 34. Improving Protein Content and Quality in Legumes.- 35. The Variability of Free Amino Acids and Related Compounds in Legume Seeds.- 36. A Genetic Approach to the Increase of Methionine Content in Legume Seeds.- VII. Genetic Manipulation in Cell Cultures.- 37. Prospects for Crop Improvement through Plant Tissue Culture.- 38. Biophysical and Genetic Evidence for Transformation in Plants.- 39. Tissue Culture Studies on Amaranthus viridis.- 40. Molecular Mechanisms in Genetic Transformation.- 41. Unconventional Methods in Plant Breeding.- Participants.- Author Index.
Reihe/Serie | Basic Life Sciences ; 8 |
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Zusatzinfo | XII, 506 p. |
Verlagsort | New York, NY |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete |
Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Humangenetik | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie | |
Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4684-2888-8 / 1468428888 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4684-2888-9 / 9781468428889 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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