Plant Breeding and Genetics at a Glance

Plant Breeding and Genetics at a Glance By I.D. Tyagi, CONTENTS : 1. Role of Plant Breeding in Agriculture, 2. Crop Improvement Organizations in India, 3. Plant Genetic Resources, 4. Reproductive Systems, 5. Biotechnology in Crop Improvement, 6. Breeding Methods : Self Pollinated Crops, 7. Breeding Methods : Crop Pollinated Crops and Asexually Propagated Crops, 8. Quantitative Trait Analysis, 9. Breeding for Quality Traits, 10. Heterosis and Inbreeding Depression, 11. Polyploidy, 12. Mutations in Crop Improvement, 13. Breeding for Biotic and Abiotic Stresses, 14. Ideotype, 15. Statistical Methods and Field Plot Techniques, 16. Cell Biology, 17. Mendel’s Laws of Heredity, 18. Genetics in Crop Improvement, 19. Seed Production, 20. Agricultural Education and Research Systems, 21. Definitions, 22. Model Exercises, Bibliograsphy.