Cereals

Marcelo Carena is Associate Professor from the Department of Plant Sciences at the North Dakota State University (NDSU), Fargo, ND, USA. Since 1999, Dr. Carena is the Director of the NDSU Corn Breeding and Genetics Program, the most northern public corn research program in North America focused on increasing genetic diversity, drought tolerance, and grain quality in early maturing maize. He teaches Quantitative Genetics and Crop Breeding Techniques at NDSU. Prof. Carena is currently Editor of Euphytica and Maydica, and Chair of the Crop Science Society of America Maize Registration Committee. Dr. Carena has trained five Ph.D. and eight MS students, two Visiting Scientists, and several interns over the past 10 years. In the same time, he has released eight early maturing corn inbred lines, has released four improved early maturing populations, and has published over 50 scientific papers, abstracts, book chapters, and editions on corn breeding and genetics.

From the reviews: "This volume brings together a panel of international experts in the field to summarize the current state of progress in breeding cereal crops. Chapters describe genetic backgrounds, germplasm and molecular resources, major breeding achievements, and current breeding goals for most of the major cereal crops, excluding oats. ... this volume nicely summarizes the current state of the field and will thus be an excellent resource for students and practitioners. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections." (R. M. Warner, Choice, Vol. 47 (1), September, 2009)

• Cereal Crop Breeding.- Maize.- Rice Breeding.- Spring Wheat Breeding.- Rye (Secale cereale L.).- Grain Sorghum.- Durum Wheat Breeding.- Barley.- Winter and Specialty Wheat.- Triticale: A “New” Crop with Old Challenges.- Adding Value to Breeding.- Statistical Analyses of Genotype by Environment Data.- Breeding for Grain Quality Traits.- Breeding for Silage Quality Traits.- Participatory Plant Breeding.