Molecular Marker Systems in Plant Breeding and Crop Improvement

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Lörz, Horst. (Editor), Wenzel, Gerhard. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edition:1st ed. 2005.
Series:Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, 55
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/b137756
Table of Contents:
  • 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.