Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 41 [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. The emphasis of the series is on methodology, a fundamental understanding of crop genetics, and applications to major crops.

1. Hari Deo Upadhyaya: Plant Breeder, Geneticist and Genetic Resources Specialist 1
Sangam L Dwivedi

Abbreviations 3

I. Introduction 3

II. Biographical Sketch 5

III. Contributions 5

A. Genetic Resources Management and Use 6

1. Representative Subsets 6

2. Climate?]resilient Germplasm 8

3. Seed Nutrient?]dense Germplasm 8

4. Bioenergy 9

5. Germplasm Use in Breeding 9

6. On?]farm Conservation and Use of Diversity 10

7. Wild Relatives and Cultigen Genepool 10

8. Gaps in Collections 12

B. Molecular Biology and Biometrics 13

1. Population Structure and Diversity 13

2. Genome?]wide Association Mapping 13

3. Candidate Genes Associated with Agronomically Useful Traits 15

4. Ethnolinguistic Groups Shaped Sorghum Diversity in Africa 15

5. Genome Sequencing 16

C. Groundnut Breeding 16

1. Early Maturity 16

2. Drought Tolerance 18

3. Aflatoxin Resistance 18

4. Farmers Participatory Varietal Selection 19

D. Chickpea Breeding 20

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