Molecular Breeding for Sustainable Crop Improvement, Volume 2 (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

Preface.- 1. Use of alien genetic variation for wheat improvement; P.K. Gupta .- 2. Quantitative trait loci mapping in plants: concepts and approaches; D. Sehgal .- 3. Developing and deploying abiotic stress tolerant maize varieties in the tropics: challenges and opportunities; B.M. Prasanna .- 4. Harnessing apomixes for heterosis breeding in crop improvement; V. Bhat .- 5. Status and opportunities of molecular breeding approaches for genetic improvement of tea; R. Kumar Sharma .- 6. Molecular cytogenetic approaches in exploration of important chromosomal landmarks in plants; Y. Mukai .- 7. Technological advances in studying gene pool diversity and its exploitation; S. Goel .- 8. Introgression and exploitation of QTL for yield and yield components from related wild species into rice cultivars; K. Neelam .- 9. A molecular phylogenetic framework for Timothy ( Phleum pratense L.) improvement; A. Stewart .- 10. Genetic improvement of basmati rice - The journey from conventional to molecular breeding; A.K. Singh .- 11. Genetic diversity and coffee ( Coffea sps) improvement in India; R.K. Aggarwal .- 12. Introgression and exploitation of biotic stress tolerance from related wild species in wheat cultivars; P. Chhuneja .- 13. Genetic improvement of sugarcane through conventional and molecular approaches; S. Kumar .- 14. Germline transformation for crop improvement; R. Tandon .- 15. Advances in molecular breeding of pearl millet; D. Sehgal .- 16. Molecular marker-based selection tools in spring bread wheat improvement: CIMMYT experience and prospects; S. Dreisigacker .- Index.