Breeding Strategies for Sustainable Forage and Turf Grass Improvement (Hardcover, 2013)

'Preface.- 1. What global and/or European agriculture will need from grasslands and grassland breeding over the next 10-15 years for a sustainable agriculture; D. Reheul et al.- 2.1. Marker Assisted Selection Made Cheap and Easy; H. Riday et al.- 2.2. Genome-wide SNP marker development and QTL identification for genomic selection in red clover; S. Isobe et al.- 2.3. Breeding for resistance to bacterial wilt in ryegrass: insights into the genetic control of plant resistance and pathogen virulence; R. Koelliker et al.- 2.4. Mechanisms utilized within the IBERS diploid Lolium perenne L. forage grass breeding programmes to improve rumen nitrogen use efficiency; R. Hayes et al.- 2.5. Population genetics of the grass self-incompatibility system - Practical implications for grass breeding programmes; C. Manzanares et al.- 2.6. Use of molecular marker information in the construction of polycrosses to enhance yield in a Lolium perenne breeding programme; A. Ghesquiere et al.- 2.7. An analysis of chromosome pairing behaviour in newly synthesized alfalfa tetraploids by means of SSR markers; D. Rosellini et al.- 2.8. Genome constitution in selected and unselected plants of F 2 -F 4 generations derived from an allotetraploid Festuca pratensis x Lolium perenne hybrid; Z. Zwierzykowski et al.- 2.9. Estimation of temporal allele frequency changes in ryegrass populations selected for axillary tiller development; G. Brazauskas et al.- 2.10. Understanding the genetic basis for slow plant-mediated proteolysis in Festulolium hybrids; S. O'Donovan et al.- 2.11. Chromosomal rearrangements in tetraploid introgressions of Lolium perenne/Festuca pratensis ; T. Ksiazczyk et al.- 3.1. Establishing Chromosome Genomics in Forage and Turf Grasses; D. Kopecky et al.- 3.2. DArTFest DNA Array - Applications and Perspectives for Grass Genetics, Genomic s and Breeding; D. Kopecky et al.- 3.3. Using DArT markers in Festuca x Lolium breeding; M. Ghesquiere et al.- 3.4. Development of an SNP identification pipeline for highly heterozygous crops; T. Ruttink et al.- 3.5. First insights into the mitochondrial genome of perennial ryegrass ( Lolium perenne ); K. Diekmann et al.- 3.6. Quantifying early vigour and ground cover using digital image analysis; M. Cougnon et al.- 3.7. Expression of the Lolium perenne TERMINAL FLOWER 1 gene in alfalfa and tobacco; D. Rosellini et al.- 3.8. Morphological and molecular characterization of branching in red clover ( Trifolium pratense ); G. Cnops et al.- 4.1. Designing grass cultivars for droughts and floods; M. Humphreys et al.- 4.2. Variation and heritability of _-linolenic acid content and rumen escape protein fraction in fodder grass and clover; J. Baert et al.- 4.3. Similarities and differences in leaf proteome response to cold acclimation between Festuca pratensis and Lolium perenne ; A. Kosmala et al.- 4.4. Multi-population QTL detection for flowering time, stem elongation and quality traits in Medicago truncatula ; B. Julier et al.- 4.5. Role of RCT1 gene in anthracnose resistance in alfalfa; B. Julier et al.- 4.6. The EUCARPIA multi-site rust evaluation - results 2010; F.X. Schubiger et al.- 4.7. The main topics of resistance breeding in grasses in the Czeck Republic; B. Cagas, M. Svogodova.- 5.1. Origins of diploid Dactylis from the Canary Islands as determined by DNA sequencing; A. Stewart et al.- 5.2. Introduction and adaptation of Cynodon L. C. Rich species in Australia; M. Jewell et al.- 5.3. Variation in traits associated with carbon sequestration for a range of common amenity grass species; S. Duller et al.- 5.4. Suitability of different grass species for phytoremediation of soils polluted with heavy metals; G. Zurek et al.- 5.5. Targeting Lucerne cultivars to saline-soil environments; L. Pecetti et al.- 5.6. Comparison of seed mixtures for technical revegetation at high altitude ; L. Pecetti et al.- 5.7. Genetic diver