Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 25 [Hardcover]

Plant Breeding Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods. Many of the crops widely grown today stem from a very narrow genetic base. Understanding and preserving crop genetic resources is vital to the security of food systems worldwide.List of Contributors.

1. Dedication: Stanley J. Peloquin.

Potato Geneticist and Cytogeneticist (Rodomiro Ortiz, Luigi Frusciante, and Domenico Carputo).

2. Politics of Plant Breeding (Cary Fowler and Richard L. Lower).

I. Introduction.

II. Germplasm, Plant Breeding, and the Fight for Rights.

III. The Debate Over Biotechnology.

IV. Plant Breeders’ Choices.

Literature Cited.

3. Doubled Haploids in Genetics and Plant Breeding (Brian P. Forster and William T. B. Thomas).

I. Introduction.

II. Doubled Haploid Technology.

III. Doubled Haploid Populations in Genetics.

IV. Doubled Haploids in Breeding.

V. Prospects.

Literature Cited.

4. Biochemistry and Genetics of Flower Color (R. J. Griesbach).

I. Introduction.

II. Flavonoid Chemistry.

III. Anthocyanin Biosynthesis.

IV. Mendelian Inheritance.

V. Transgene Technology.

Literature Cited.

5. The Influence of Mitochondrial Genetics on Crop Breeding Strategies (Sally A. Mackenzie).

I. Introduction.