Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 34 (eBook)

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

Contributors.

1. Dedication: Kenneth J. Frey: Oat Breeder, Educator, and
Champion of Plant Breeding (Ann Marie Thro and Larry
Robertson).

I. Introduction.

II. Early Life and Career Beginnings.

III. Research.

IV. Graduate Educator.

V. Champion of Plant Breeding: The National Plant Breeding
Study.

VI. The Man.

VII. Awards and Honors.

VIII. Epilogue.

Literature Cited.

Selected Publications of Kenneth J. Frey.

2. Strategies for Enhancing Grain Yield in Maize (M.
Tollenaar and E. A. Lee).

I. A Historical Perspective.

II. Opportunities for Future Yield Improvement.

III. Plant Density.

IV. Improvement in Resource-Use Efficiency.

V. Conclusions.

Literature Cited.

3. Quality Protein Maize: Progress and Prospects (G.
N. Atlin, N. Palacios, R. Babu, B. Das, S. Twumasi-Afriyie, D. K.
Friesen, H. De Groote, B. Vivek, and K. V. Pixley).

I. Introduction.

II. Quality Protein Maize: A Complex Genetic and Biochemical
System.

III. Human Nutritional Benefits of QPM.

IV. QPM a s Livestock Feed.

V. Progress in the Development of QPM Hybrids and
Synthetics.

VI. Release and Adoption of QPM Cultivars.

VII. Conclusions.

Literature Cited.

4. Vegetative Phase Change in Maize: Biotic Resistance and
Agronomic Performance (M. A. Chandler, E. S. Riedeman, and
W. F. Tracy).

I. Introduction.

II. Vegetative Phase Change and Biotic Resistance in Maize.

III. Vegetative Phase Change and Agronomic Performance in
Maize.

IV. Vegetative Phase Change and Pest Resistance on Other Plant
Species.

V. Summary and Conclusions.

Literature Cited.

5. Plant Interspecific Hybridization: Outcomes and Issues at
the Intersection of Species (Ed R. Morgan, Gail M.
Timmerman-Vaughan, Anthony J. Conner, William B. Griffin, and
Richard Pickering).

I. Introduction.

II. Species and Hybrids.

III. Protocols for Hybridization.

IV. Outcomes of Hybridization.

V. Genomic and Gene Expression Consequences of Interspecific
Hybridization.

VI. Verification of Hybrids.

VII. Estimating Donor Parental DNA Content in Progeny From
Hybrids.

VIII. Conclusions.

Literature Cited.

6. DNA-Based Identification of Clonally Propagated
Cultivars (Hilde Nybom and Kurt Weising).

I. Introduction.

II. Molecular Methods.

III. Choice of Method.

IV. Applications.

V. Conclusions and Future Outlooks.

Literature Cited.

7. Designing Marker-Assisted Inbred Line Development
Strategies Using Computer Simulation (Guoyou Ye and M. van
Ginkel).

I. Introduction.

II. Requirements for Modeling Breeding Program.

III. Recent Development in Genetic Mapping.

IV. investigating the Effectiveness of MAS Strategies.

V. Examples to Demonstrate the Design of MAS Strategies.

VI. Prospects.

VII. Conclusion.

Literature Cited.

Subject Index.

Cumulative Subject Index.

Cumulative Contributor Index.