Plant Breeding in 21st Century

Plant Breeding in 21st Century By B.D. Singh, N.S. Shekhawat, CONTENTS : 1. Introduction 2. The Relevance of Genetics and Genomics in Plant Breeding 3. Tools of Plant Breeding 4. Breeding of Self-Pollinated Crops 5. Breeding of Cross-Pollinated Crops 6. Breeding for Biotic Stress Resistance 7. Breeding for Resistance to Abiotic Stresses 8. Breeding for Quality Traits 9. The Basic Techniques of Transgenic Technology 10. Transgenic Plants for Resistance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses 11. Transgenic Plants with modified Quality and other Novel Traits 12. Biosafety Issues Related to and Adoption of Transgenic Crops 13. Molecular Marker Systems and Trait Phenotyping 14. Marker-Trait Associations 15. Applications of Molecular Markers in Plant Breeding 16. Variety Release, Seed Multiplication and Intellectual Property Rights