Molecular Marker Systems in Plant Breeding and Crop Improvement - Lörz, Horst; Wenzel, Gerhard; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2005)
Basics -- The Principle: Identification and Application of Molecular Markers -- Genotyping Tools in Plant Breeding: From Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms to Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms -- A Model Crop Species: Molecular Markers in Rice -- From Markers to Cloned Genes: Map-Based Cloning -- Specific Crops -- DNA Markers in Brassica: Use of Genetic Information from Arabidopsis and Development of Sequence Tagged Site Markers -- Genomics as Efficient Tools: Example Sunflower Breeding -- Genome Analysis: Mapping in Sugar Beet -- Molecular Markers in Genetics and Breeding: Improvement of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) -- Localization of Important Traits: The Example Pea (Pisum sativum L.) -- Molecular Markers in Vigna Improvement: Understanding and Using Gene Pools -- Molecular Markers for Genetics and Breeding: Development and Use in Pepper (Capsicum spp.) -- Potato Genetics: Molecular Maps and More -- Molecular Marker Maps of Barley: A Resource for Intra- and Interspecific Genomics -- Genomics of Rice: Markers as a Tool for Breeding -- Wheat Microsatellites: Potential and Implications -- Comparative Genetic Mapping in Trees: The Group of Conifers -- Markers in Fruit Tree Breeding: Improvement of Peach -- Breeding Strategies and Silviculture Based on Markers -- General Considerations: Marker-Assisted Selection -- Breeding Strategies: Optimum Design of Marker-Assisted Backcross Programs -- From Theory to Practice: Marker-Assisted Selection in Maize -- Molecular Markers for Disease Resistance: The Example Wheat -- Application of DNA Markers: Soybean Improvement -- Forest Management and Conservation Using Microsatellite Markers: The Example of Fagus -- Molecular Markers in Tree Improvement: Characterisation and Use in Eucalyptus -- DNA Markers for Identification and Evaluation of Genetic Resources in Forest Trees: Case Studies in Abies, Picea and Populus -- Legal Aspects -- Intellectual Property Rights in the Field of Molecular Marker Analysis.
Keywords: Agriculture; Plant genetics; Plant science; Botany; Forestry; Biotechnology; Plant pathology; Agriculture; Plant Genetics and Genomics; Plant Sciences; Forestry; Biotechnology; Plant Pathology