Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• User’s Guide
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Crop Improvement Since 10,000 Years
• 2.1. The Old World
• 2.1.1. Sumeria
• 2.1.2. Mesopotamia and Babylonia
• 2.1.3. Judea
• 2.1.4. Egypt
• 2.2. Plant Cultivation in Asia Since Neolithic Times
• 2.2.1. China
• 2.2.2. India
• 2.3. Cropping Plants in Ancient America
• 2.4. The Greek and Roman World
• 2.5. Arabic Agriculture
• 2.6. Medieval and Renaissance Agriculture in Europe
• 2.7. Plant Breeding by Experience During the 17th through 19th Centuries
• 2.8 Interest
• Chapter 3. MENDEL’S Contribution to Inheritance and Breeding
• 3.1. Rediscovery of Mendel’s LawsBeginning of Genetic Research
• 3.2. Scientific Plant Breeding with the Beginning of the 20th Century
• 3.2.1. Breeding by Selection
• 3.2.2. Cross and Combination Breeding
• 3.2.3. Pure Lines and Improvement of Self-Pollinated Crops
• 3.2.4. Positive and Negative Mass Selection
• 3.2.5. Pedigree Selection
• 3.2.6. Bulk Selection
• 3.2.7. Backcross Breeding
• 3.2.8. Single-Seed Decent
• 3.2.9. Near-Isogenic Lines As a Breeding Tool
• 3.2.10. Polycross Method
• 3.2.11. Shuttle Breeding
• 3.3. Resistance Breeding
• 3.4. Hybrid Breeding
• 3.4.1. Synthetics
• 3.5. Mutation Breeding
• 3.5.1. Induced Mutation by Mutagens
• 3.5.2. Somaclonal Variation by In Vitro Culture
• 3.6. Polyploidy and Breeding
• 3.7. Chromosome Manipulations As a Tool for Breeding and Research
• 3.7.1. Aneuploids
• 3.7.2. Chromosome Additions
• 3.7.3. Chromosome Substitutions and Translocations
• 3.7.4. Chromosome-Mediated Gene Transfer
• 3.8. Utilization of Haploids in Breedi

About the Author

Schlegel, Rolf