Marker-Assisted Plant Breeding: Principles and Practices

Marker-assisted plant breeding involves the application of molecular marker techniques and statistical and bioinformatics tools to achieve plant breeding objectives in a cost-effective and time-efficient manner. This book is intended for beginners in the field who have little or no prior exposure to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Singh, B.D., Singh, A.K. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi Springer India 2015, 2015
Edition:1st ed. 2015
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1-General
  • 1. Introduction to Marker-Assisted Crop Improvement
  • Part 2-Genetic Markers
  • 2. Hybridization-Based Markers
  • 3. Polymerase Chain Reaction-Based Markers
  • 4. Sequence-Based Markers
  • Part 3-Linkage Maps
  • 5. Mapping Populations
  • 6. Linkage Mapping of Molecular Markers and Oligogenes
  • 7. Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci
  • 8. Association Mapping
  • Part 4-Applications
  • 9. Marker-Assisted Selection
  • 10. Genomic Selection
  • 11. Phylogenetic Relationships and Genetic Diversity
  • 12. Finger printing and Gene Cloning
  • 13. High-Throughput Genotyping
  • 14. Bioinformatics Tools and Databases for Genomics Research
  • 15. Phenomics