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1 online resource |
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Intro -- Preface (Second Edition) -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1: Genetic Mapping and Marker-Assisted Selection: Setting the Background -- 1.1 Setting the Background -- 1.2 Trends in Agricultural Product Demand: Functional Foods and Value-Added Products -- 1.3 Evolving New Crop Cultivars: Promises of Conventional Plant Breeding Programs -- 1.3.1 Achievements -- 1.3.2 Conventional Plant Breeding: Obstacles and Challenges -- 1.3.3 Germplasm Exchange: International Laws and Governance -- 1.3.4 Biotech Crops and Biosafety Issues |
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1.3.4.1 Evolving New Cultivars Using Tools of Biotechnology -- 1.3.4.2 Plant Tissue Culture-Based Approaches -- 1.3.4.3 Genetic Engineering and Transgenic Plants -- 1.3.4.4 Biosafety and Other Issues Related to Transgenic Crops -- 1.4 Alternative Approach: MAS -- 1.5 Scope of Genetic Mapping and Marker-Assisted Selection -- 1.6 Need for This Book: What Can Be Expected? -- Critical Thinking Questions -- Bibliography -- Literature Cited -- Additional Readings -- 2: Germplasm Characterization: Utilizing the Underexploited Resources -- 2.1 Types of Plant Germplasm: Natural Versus Man-Made |
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2.1.1 Conservation of Naturally Prevailing Plant Germplasm -- 2.1.1.1 In Situ Conservation -- 2.1.1.2 Ex Situ Conservation -- 2.1.2 Conservation of Man-Made Plant Germplasm -- 2.1.2.1 Crop-Specific Germplasm Repository -- 2.1.2.2 Mutagenized Population -- 2.1.2.3 Global Germplasm Resources -- 2.2 Germplasm Characterization: Phenotyping for Morphological and Agronomic Characters -- 2.2.1 Conventional Methods of Phenotyping: Biotic and Abiotic Stress Resistance, Yield, and Quality Traits -- 2.2.2 Recent Developments in Phenomics and Way Forward |
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2.2.3 Case Study in Rice Germplasm Characterization for Drought Resistance: Formation of the Fundamental Requirements -- 2.2.4 Traits Useful for Germplasm Characterization in Rice -- 2.3 Allele Mining -- 2.3.1 Allele Mining: Basic Considerations -- 2.3.2 Insertional Mutagenesis -- 2.3.3 Genome Editing Tools and Induced Variations -- 2.3.4 TILLING, EcoTILLING, and Self-EcoTILLING -- 2.3.5 Mutant-Assisted Gene Identification and Characterization (MAGIC) -- 2.3.6 Allele Mining: Challenges and Troubleshooting Perspectives -- 2.4 Genetic Diversity and Clustering |
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2.4.1 Software for Genetic Diversity Analysis -- 2.4.2 Principle Behind the Genetic Diversity Analysis -- 2.4.3 Principle of Measuring Goodness-of-Fit of a Classification -- 2.5 Issues in Genetic Diversity Analysis Using Molecular Markers -- 2.5.1 Co-dominant Markers and Similarity Measures -- 2.5.2 Dominant Markers and Similarity Measures -- 2.6 Diversity and Phylogenetic Tree: Importance in Mapping Population Development -- 2.7 DNA Barcoding and Its Utilization in Germplasm Exploitation -- 2.8 Parental Selection -- Critical Thinking Questions -- Bibliography -- Literature Cited |
| Summary |
This book details basics in genetic linkage mapping, step-by-step procedures to perform marker assisted selection (MAS), achievements made so far in different crops, and the limitations and prospects of MAS in plant breeding |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Plant genome mapping.
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Genetic markers.
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Genetic Markers
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Genetic markers
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Plant genome mapping
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789811529498 |
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9811529493 |
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9789811529504 |
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9811529507 |
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9789811529511 |
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9811529515 |
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