Quantitative Traits Breeding for Multifunctional Grasslands and Turf - Sokolović, Dejan; Huyghe, Christian; Radović, Jasmina; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014)
Preface -- Part 1. Introduction. 1. Forage and grasslands in a sustainable agriculture: new challenges for breeding; Christian Huyghe, Charles Brummer -- 2. Agriculture, forage crops and grasslands in Serbia: production and breeding; Dejan Sokolović et al -- Part 2. Genetic diversity among and within species. 3. Ex situ conservation of genetic resources of forage and turf species in the IPK Gene bank at Malchow; Evelin Willner, K.J. Dehmer -- 4. Genetic response to climate scenarios in Dactylis and Festuca of temperate vs Mediterranean origin; Mark Ghesquière et al -- 5. Monitoring of vegetation changes in selected sinkholes in the Moravian karst, Czech Republic; Tomáš Vymyslický, Zdeněk Musil -- 6. Evaluation of a diverse collection of red clover germplasm for susceptibility to clover rot (Sclerotinia trifoliorum) and other important traits; Tim Vleugels et al -- 7. Variability of alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum L.) natural populations from Serbia; Mirjana Petrović et al -- 8. Characterization of some local populations of Medicago minima collected in the Central Steppe of Algeria; Abderrezak Chebouti et al -- 9. Genetic variability of the most important traits in meadow fescue accessions; Snežana Babić et al -- 10. Morphological variation between perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) natural ecotypes; Vilma Kemešytė et al -- 11. Variability of selected traits in the Czech alfalfa core collection; Jan Pelikán et al -- 12. Influence of management and habitat on genotypic and phenotypic diversity of Dactylis glomerata; Luisa Last et al -- 13. The utilisation of wild Fabaceae species in grasslands; Daniela Knotová et al -- 14. Assessment of susceptibility of different alfalfa genotypes to Colletotrichum destructivum; Tanja Vasić et al -- 15. The Czech core collection of Medicago spp.; Tomáš Vymyslický et al -- Part 3. Practical breeding of fodder crops. 16. Variation in cell wall digestibility of perennial ryegrass at heading stage; Frederik van Parijs et al -- 17. Factors influencing animal preference of tall fescue genotypes; Mathias Cougnon et al -- 18. Fair evaluation of yield potential in forage species evaluation; Ulf Feuerstein, Anita Swieter -- 19. Patterns of morphophysiological diversity and their implications for selection of grazing-tolerant Lucerne; Luciano Pecetti et al -- 20. Combining abilities of different alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) varieties; Jasmina Radovic et al -- 21. Towards productive summer dormant cocksfoot for Mediterranean climates; Philippe Barre et al -- 22. Potential of some neglected European annual legume crops for forage production; Aleksandar Mikić, V. Mihailović.-  23. New insights into alfalfa forage quality through the research project Qual&Medica; Marilena Paolini et al -- 24. Certain aspects of breeding forage brassicas; Aleksandar Mikić et al -- 25. Evaluation of dormancy and winter hardiness of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) experimental lines, obtained by crossing parental lines characterized within the framework of the PERMED project; Valentina Nanni et al -- 26. Breeding perennial ryegrass with enhanced water soluble carbohydrate content; An Ghesquiere, J. Baert -- 27. Resistance of perennial ryegrass to crown and stem rust under field and greenhouse conditions; Radek Macháč, Bohumir Cagaš -- 28. Ideotypes of forage pea (Pisum sativum) cultivars; Vojislav Mihailović, A. Mikić -- Part 4. Turf grass breeding. 29. Recent achievements in breeding for turf quality under biotic and abiotic stress; Trygve Aamlid, Vinsent Gensollen -- 30. Evaluation of grass species cultivars and mixtures for use in high quality lawn tennis courts; Andy Newell -- Part 5. New biotechnology methods in sustainable breeding: strategies and implementation. 31. Characterisation of genetic diversity for resistance and quality traits using molecular tools; Hilde Muylle et al -- 32. Genome sequencing of model and forage legume species: consequences for genetic studies; Bernadette Julier et al -- 33. A genetic association between leaf elongation rate and flowering time in perennial ryegrass; Daniel Thorogood et al -- 34. Inheritance of crown rust resistance in a perennial ryegrass genotype of the cultivar Arvella; Franz Xaver Schubiger, B. Boller -- 35. High density array for SNP genotyping and mapping in tetraploid alfalfa; Yuanhong Han et al -- 36. Variation of cell wall digestibility in fodder grasses with particular focus on a perennial ryegrass  breeding pool; Jost Baert et al -- 37. QTL identification for leaf senescence in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.); Meraluna Canunayon, Daniel Thorogood -- 38. Validation of candidate genes expression profiles during cold acclimation and freezing in perennial ryegrass; Kristina Jonavičienė et al -- 39. Different aspects of shoot branching in red clover; Annemie Van Minnebruggen et al -- 40. AFLP analysis of genetic diversity in an association mapping panel of Lolium perenne L.; Grazina Statkevičiūtė et al -- 41. Allele frequency of local maize inbred lines (Zea mays L.); Jasmina Milenkovic et al -- Part 6. Breeding for new roles of multifunctional forage species. 42. Breeding for 'HealthyHay': Can we optimise plant polyphenols in legumes for ruminant nutrition, animal health and environmental sustainability?; Irene Mueller-Harvey -- 43. High-throughput genome-wide genotyping to revive the use of natural diversity in forage and turf breeding; Jean Paul Sampoux et al -- 44. Monitoring, analysis and modeling of yield and quality dynamics of Lolium perenne varieties for biogas production; Anita Swieter et al -- 45. Effects of rhizobacterial inoculation of a preceding oat crop on alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) yield; Dušica Delić et al -- 46. Phalaris arundinacea L.: Variations in seed shattering and related traits in a breeding collection; Karin Förster et al -- 47. Effect of alfalfa cultivar on pollinator visitation, seed yield and yield components; Goran Jevtić et al -- 48. The influence of individual and combined inoculants on development of alfalfa on acidic soil; Snežana Andjelković et al -- 49. Alfalfa genetic variation for biomass production in pure and mixed stands; Amel Maamouri et al -- Part 7. Forage and seed production. 50. Drought effect on yield of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.); Jonas Aper et al -- 51. Optimising stand density and nitrogen fertiliser rates for seed production in the tetraploid Italian ryegrass cultivar K29T; Aleksandar Simić et al -- 52. The influence of climatic conditions on forage yield and quality of certain types of grass; Tihomir Čupić et al -- 53. Indicating soil quality using urease and saccharase activity in abandoned grassland and differently managed crop fields; Ligita Baležentienė.
Keywords: Agriculture; Plant science; Botany; Plant breeding; Plant genetics; Biodiversity; Agriculture; Plant Sciences; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Genetics and Genomics; Biodiversity