Principles of Plant Breeding

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Principles of Plant Breeding By Hari Har Ram, CONRENTS : 1. Introduction to Plant Breeding,, 2. Plant Breeding in India, 3. Reproductive Systems, 4.Qualitative and Quantitative Characters, 5. Gene Action, 6. Heritability, 7.Response to Selection, 8. Genes in Population and Hardy-Weinberg Law, 9. Inbreeding, 10. Heterosis, 11. Male Sterility, 12. Self-Incompatibility, 13.  Centres of Origin, 14. Plant Breeding Methods, 15. Mass Selection, 16  Pure Line Selection, 17. Pedigree Method of Plant Breeding, 18. Bulk Population Breeding, 19.  Single Seed Descent Method, 20.  Backcross Breeding, 21. Hybrid Breeding, 22. Synthetic Varieties, 23.  Composite Cultivars, 24.  Recurrent Selection,25. Mutation Breeding, 26. Polyploid Breeding, 27  Breeding ,Vegetatively Propagated Crops, 28. Breeding for Resistance to Biotic Stresses,29. Breeding for Resistance to Abiotic Stresses, 30.  Molecular Plant Breeding, 31. Transgenics Breeding, 32. Release and Notification of Crop Varieties