Fundamentals of Plant Breeding and Hybrid Seed Production
R.L. Agrawal
ISBN 978-1-57808-029-8; 1998; 402 Pages; US $ 55.40      Buy Now

The book deals with fundamental principles and methods of plant breeding and hybrid seed production in a concise and forthright manner. It describes conventional breeding procedures, alongwith current breeding approaches including tissue culture and genetic engineering, breeding for stress conditions and for specific traits. Further, release and maintenance of varieties, protection of plant varieties and hybrid seed production in agriculture, vegetables and flowers are discussed.

PART I: INTRODUCTORY TOPICS
. Introduction
. Historical Resume
. Crop Germplasm
. Reproductive Systems
. Male Sterility
. Self-incompatibility
. Techniques of Artificial Hybridization
. Genetic Basis of Plant Breeding
. Selection
. Interspecific and Intergeneric Hybridization

PART II: METHODS OF CROP BREEDING
. Pure-line Selection
. Pedigree Method
. Bulk Population Method
. Backcross Method
. Population Improvement
. Recurrent Selection
. Composite and Synthetic Varieties
. Asexually Propagated Crops
. Apomictic Grasses
. Maize Hybrids
. Hybrid Varieties
. Mutation Breeding
. Polyploid Breeding
. Disease Resistance Breeding
. Insect Resistance Breeding
. Abiotic Stresses
. Breeding for Specific Traits
. plant tissuee Culture
. Genetic Engineering

PART III: SEED PRODUCTION
. Release and Maintenance of Crop Varieties
. Plant Variety Protection
. Hybrid Seed Production