Principles of Plant Genetics and Breeding

GEORGE ACQUAAH is the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Bowie State University, Bowie, MD, USA. He is the author of four critically acclaimed textbooks on horticulture, crop production, biotechnology, and plant breeding. He is recipient of the prestigious USDA Award for Excellence in College and University Teaching in Food and Agricultural Sciences, and the Millennium Award for Excellence in Teaching, presented by the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the US.

Preface xxi Acknowledgments xxiii Industry highlights boxes xxv Industry highlights boxes: Authors xxvii Section 1 Overview and historical perspectives 1 1 Introduction 3 2 History of plant breeding 23 Section 2 Population and quantitative genetic principles 35 3 Introduction to concepts of population genetics 37 4 Introduction to quantitative genetics 49 Section 3 Reproductive systems 73 5 Introduction to reproduction 75 6 Hybridization 99 7 Clonal propagation and in vitro culture 121 Section 4 Germplasm for breeding 147 8 Variation: types, origin, and scale 149 9 Plant domestication 161 10 Plant genetic resources 175 Section 5 Breeding objectives 209 11 Yield and morphological traits 211 12 Quality traits 231 13 Environmental stress factors and plant breeding 245 14 Breeding for resistance to diseases and insect pests 253 15 Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses 273 Section 6 Selection methods 295 16 Breeding self-pollinated species 297 17 Breeding cross-pollinated species 329 18 Breeding hybrid cultivars 345 19 Breeding clonally propagated species 359 Section 7 Technologies for linking genes to traits 375 20 Molecular markers 377 21 Mapping of genes 395 22 DNA sequencing and OMICs technologies 409 Section 8 Applications of genetic markers in breeding 437 23 Marker-assisted selection 439 24 Genomic selection and genome-wide association studies 451 Section 9 Mutations and ploidy in plant breeding 465 25 Mutagenesis in plant breeding 467 26 Ploidy in plant breeding 481 Section 10 Genetic molecular modifications in plant breeding 509 27 Breeding genetically modified crops 511 28 Genome editing and other modification technologies 521 29 Paradigm shifts in plant breeding and other non-GM technologies 531 Section 11 Computer-aided applications in plant breeding 543 30 Bioinformatics, big data analytics, and computer simulations in plant breeding 545 Section 12 Variety release process in plant breeding 577 31 Performance evaluation for crop cultivar release 579 32 Seed certification and commercial seed release 597 33 Regulatory and Legal Issues 615 Section 13 Societal issues in plant breeding 633 34 Value-driven concepts and social concerns 635 35 International plant breeding efforts 647 Section 14 Breeding selected crops 667 36 Breeding wheat 669 37 Breeding corn 679 38 Breeding rice 695 39 Breeding sorghum 707 40 Breeding soybean 719 41 Breeding peanut 729 42 Breeding potato 737 43 Breeding cotton 747 44 Breeding tomato 757 Supplementary 1: Plant cellular organization and genetic structure: an overview 767 Supplementary 2: Common statistical methods in plant breeding 781 Glossary of terms 803 Index 807