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, Subject Index, Author Index.