Basics of Plant Breeding

Basics of Plant Breeding is a textbook on bachelor level for beginners in plant breeding. Part I starts with essentials in genetics, genetic variation, selection theory, resistance breeding, biotechnology including cell and tissue culture, DNA marker technologies, and gene technology. Short chapters also describe selection in relation to climate change and organic agriculture. In Part II, the book describes how reproduction affects the choice of variety type and outlines the breeding methods of the five variety types with each of one comprehensive example for self-pollinated (line variety), cross-pollinated (population, synthetic, hybrid variety), and asexually propagated (clone variety) crops. The book is written in a highly systematic and concise manner with many color graphics and photos. New methods including speed breeding, DH technologies, genomic selection, genome editing are in the focus. Each chapter ends with a summary and several exam questions. Inhaltsverzeichnis .- Part-I.General plant breeding. .- 1.Aims, methods, and achievements of plant breeding. .- 2.Basics of Genetics. .- 3.Genetic variation. .- 4.Genotype and environment. .- 5.Selection. .- 6.Resistance breeding. .- 7.Biotechnology. .- Part-II.Breeding selected crops according to their variety type. .- 8.Reproduction mode and variety type. .- 9.Self-pollinated crops Pure line variety: wheat. .- 10.Cross-pollinated crops Open-pollinated variety: Rye. .- 11.Cross-pollinated crops Synthetic variety: Ryegrass. .- 12.Cross-pollinated crops Hybrid variety: maize. .- 13.Vegetatively propagated crops Clone variety: potatoes. .- 14.Varieties and plant variety protection. .- Appendices. .- Index. Autorenportrait My expertise is on genomics-based research in cereal breeding and resistance genetics, and since 1988 I am the leader of the Rye & Biotic Stress Research Group at the State Plant Breeding Institute, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany. Associated professor and teaching expertise since 27 years for bachelor and master courses in plant breeding. Supervisor of 15 B.Sc., 40 M.Sc. and 22 Ph.D. theses since 2004, authored 223 peer-reviewed papers in international journals, edited 1 scientific book (in English) and wrote 3 textbooks and 18 books on agriculture and public science (in German).