Molecular Marker Systems in Plant Breeding and Crop Improvement [Paperback]

Successful release of new and better crop varieties increasingly requires genomics and molecular biology. This volume presents basic information on plant molecular marker techniques from marker location up to gene cloning. The text includes a description of technical approaches in genome analysis such as comparison of marker systems, positional cloning, and array techniques in 19 crop plants.

Successful release of new and better crop varieties increasingly requires genomics and molecular biology. This volume presents basic information on plant molecular marker techniques from marker location up to gene cloning. The text includes a description of technical approaches in genome analysis such as comparison of marker systems, positional cloning, and array techniques in 19 crop plants. A special section focuses on converting this knowledge into general and specific breeding strategies, particularly in relation to biotic stress. Theory and practice of marker assisted selection for QTL, gene pyramiding and the future of MAS are summarized and discussed for maize, wheat, and soybean. Furthermore, approaches in silviculture on the examples of Fagus, Populus, Eucalyptus, Picea and Abies are presented. The volume ends with a comprehensive review of the patents relevant for using molecular markers and marker assisted selection.

Section I: Basics I.1 The Principle: Identification and Application of Molecular Markers Peter Langridge and Ken Chalmers I.2 Genotyping Tools in Plant Breeding: From RFLPs to SNPs Volker Mohler and Gerhard Schwarz I.3 A Model Crop Species: Molecular Markers in Rice D.J. Mackill and K.L. McNally I.4 From Markers to Cloned Genes: Map Based Cloning Wolf-R?diger Scheible, Otto T?rjek, and Thomas Altmann Section II: Specific Crops II.1 DNA Markers in Brassica: Use of Genetic Information From Arabidopsis and Development of STS Markers Takako Sakai, Hideya Fujimoto, Ritsuko Imai, and Jun Imamura II.2 Genomics as Efficiló5