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This book is an advanced textbook and a reference book for the post-graduate plant-breeding students and the plant breeders. It consolidates fundamental concepts and also the latest advances in plant-breeding practices including development in crop genomics. It contains crop wise explanation on origin, reproduction, genetics of yield contributing traits, biotic and abiotic stresses, nutritional improvement and crop specific plant-breeding procedures and techniques. The chapters are planned to describe crop-focused breeding procedure for the major crop plants as per their economic importance. The recent developments in breeding of field crops have been reported. The recent progress made in mapping traits of economic importance has been critically reviewed for each crop. The progress made in markers assisted selected in few crops has been summarized. This book bridges the knowledge gap and bring to the researchers and students information on modern breeding tools for developing biotic and abiotic stress tolerant, climate resilient and micronutrient rich varieties of field crops. The chapters in book are contributed by experienced Plant Breeders.
Contents
Chapter 1: Breeding Field Crops - History, Current Status And Introspections.- Chapter 2: Wheat Breeding.- Chapter 3: Rice Breeding.- Chapter 4: Maize Breeding.- Chapter 5: Barley Breeding.- Chapter 6: Pearl Millet Breeding. Chapter 7: Sorghum Breeding. Chapter 8: Small Millets Breeding.- Chapter 9: Sugarcane Breeding.- Chapter 10: Jute Breeding.- Chapter 11: Cotton Breeding.- Chapter 12: Maintenance Breeding Of Pusa Basmati Varieties.- Chapter 13: Maintenance Breeding.- Chapter 14: Efficient Breeding Of Crop Plants.- Chapter 15: Brassica Breeding.- Chapter 16: Groundnut Breeding.- Chapter 17: Soybean Breeding.- Chapter 18: Castor Breeding.- Chapter 19: Sunflower Breeding.- Chapter 20: Chickpea Breeding.- Chapter 21: Pigeonpea Breeding.- Chapter 22: Mungbean Breeding.- Chapter 23: Urdbean Breeding.- Chapter 24: Lentil Breeding.- Chapter 25: Fieldpea Breeding.- Chapter 26: Lathyrus Breeding.
