Breeding strategies for sustainable forage and turf grass improvement /

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Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Barth, Susanne. (Editor ), Milbourne, Dan. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • 1. What global and/or European agriculture will need from grasslands and grassland breeding over the next 10-15 years for a sustainable agriculture
  • 2.1. Marker Assisted Selection Made Cheap and Easy
  • 2.2. Genome-wide SNP marker development and QTL identification for genomic selection in red clover
  • 2.3. Breeding for resistance to bacterial wilt in ryegrass: insights into the genetic control of plant resistance and pathogen virulence
  • 2.4. Mechanisms utilized within the IBERS diploid Lolium perenne L. forage grass breeding programmes to improve rumen nitrogen use efficiency
  • 2.5. Population genetics of the grass self-incompatibility system – Practical implications for grass breeding programmes
  • 2.6. Use of molecular marker information in the construction of polycrosses to enhance yield in a Lolium perenne breeding programme
  • 2.7. An analysis of chromosome pairing behaviour in newly synthesized alfalfa tetraploids by means of SSR markers
  • 2.8. Genome constitution in selected and unselected plants of F2-F4 generations derived from an allotetraploid Festuca pratensis x Lolium perenne hybrid
  • 2.9. Estimation of temporal allele frequency changes in ryegrass populations selected for axillary tiller development
  • 2.10. Understanding the genetic basis for slow plant-mediated proteolysis in Festulolium hybrids
  • 2.11. Chromosomal rearrangements in tetraploid introgressions of Lolium perenne/Festuca pratensis
  • 3.1. Establishing Chromosome Genomics in Forage and Turf Grasses
  • 3.2. DArTFest DNA Array – Applications and Perspectives for Grass Genetics, Genomic s and Breeding
  • 3.3. Using DArT markers in Festuca x Lolium breeding
  • 3.4. Development of an SNP identification pipeline for highly heterozygous crops
  • 3.5. First insights into the mitochondrial genome of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne)
  • 3.6. Quantifying early vigour and ground cover using digital image analysis
  • 3.7. Expression of the Lolium perenne TERMINAL FLOWER 1 gene in alfalfa and tobacco
  • 3.8. Morphological and molecular characterization of branching in red clover (Trifolium pratense)
  • 4.1. Designing grass cultivars for droughts and floods
  • 4.2. Variation and heritability of α-linolenic acid content and rumen escape protein fraction in fodder grass and clover
  • 4.3. Similarities and differences in leaf proteome response to cold acclimation between Festuca pratensis and Lolium perenne
  • 4.4. Multi-population QTL detection for flowering time, stem elongation and quality traits in Medicago truncatula
  • 4.5. Role of RCT1 gene in anthracnose resistance in alfalfa
  • 4.6. The EUCARPIA multi-site rust evaluation – results 2010
  • 4.7. The main topics of resistance breeding in grasses in the Czeck Republic
  • 5.1. Origins of diploid Dactylis from the Canary Islands as determined by DNA sequencing
  • 5.2. Introduction and adaptation of Cynodon L. C. Rich species in Australia
  • 5.3. Variation in traits associated with carbon sequestration for a range of common amenity grass species
  • 5.4. Suitability of different grass species for phytoremediation of soils polluted with heavy metals
  • 5.5. Targeting Lucerne cultivars to saline-soil environments
  • 5.6. Comparison of seed mixtures for technical revegetation at high altitude
  • 5.7. Genetic diversity for cell wall digestibility in a diverse Lolium perenne collection
  • 5.8. Variability among accessions of forage vetch for basic agronomic and morphological traits under agro-ecological conditions of Serbia
  • 5.9. Genetic variation of root characteristics and deep root production in perennial ryegrass cultivars contrasting in field persistency
  • 5.10. The study of similarities among Medicago sativa L. accessions
  • 5.11. Genetic structure and agronomic value of Italian lucerne landacres: a synopsis. 5.12. The use of genebank accessions in the breeding programme of Lolium perenne
  • 5.13. Characterization and evaluation of genebank accessions as a pre-selection instrument for plant breeding objectives and strategies
  • 5.14. Exploitation of ‘site-specific’ Alpine grass germplasm for revegetation at high altitude
  • 6.1. The impact of perennial ryegrass variety throughout the growing season on in vitro rumen methane output
  • 6.2. Origin and yield of European perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) varieties in Ireland
  • 6.3. Yield dynamics and quality of white clover and perennial ryegrass
  • 6.4. Influence of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria on alfalfa, Medicago sativa L. yield by inoculation of a preceding Italian ryegrass, Lolium multiflorum Lam.
  • 6.5. Optimal plant type of pea for mixed cropping with cereals
  • 6.6. Dry matter recovery and aerobic stability of maize whole-crop, cob and stover silages – harvest date and cultivar effects
  • 6.7. Performance of forage soya bean (Glycine max) cultivars in the northern Balkans
  • 6.8. Effects of trinexapac-ethyl (Moddus) on seed yields and its quality of eleven temperate grass species
  • 6.9. The chemical composition of a range of forage grasses grown under two nitrogen fertilizer inputs and harvested at different stages of maturity
  • 6.10. NIRS calibration strategies for the botanical composition of grass-clover mixtures
  • 6.11. Comparison of LOCAL and GLOBAL calibration models to predict ryegrass quality using near infrared reflectance spectroscopy
  • 6.12. Grass for biogas production – anaerobic methane production from give common grassland species at sequential stages of maturity
  • Index.