Concise Encyclopedia of Crop Improvement —— Institutions, Persons, Theories, Methods, and Histories

----- 作物改良简明百科全书：机构，人员，理论，方法和历史

ISBN: 9781560221463 出版年：2007 页码：350 Schlegel, Rolf CRC Press

* Preface * Acknowledgements * User's Guide * Chapter 1. Introduction * Chapter 2. Crop Improvement Since 10,000 Years * 2.1. The Old World * 2.1.1. Sumeria * 2.1.2. Mesopotamia and Babylonia * 2.1.3. Judea * 2.1.4. Egypt * 2.2. Plant Cultivation in Asia Since Neolithic Times * 2.2.1. China * 2.2.2. India * 2.3. Cropping Plants in Ancient America * 2.4. The Greek and Roman World * 2.5. Arabic Agriculture * 2.6. Medieval and Renaissance Agriculture in Europe * 2.7. Plant Breeding by Experience During the 17th through 19th Centuries * 2.8 Interest * Chapter 3. MENDEL'S Contribution to Inheritance and Breeding * 3.1. Rediscovery of Mendel's Laws--Beginning of Genetic Research * 3.2. Scientific Plant Breeding with the Beginning of the 20th Century * 3.2.1. Breeding by Selection * 3.2.2. Cross and Combination Breeding * 3.2.3. Pure Lines and Improvement of Self-Pollinated Crops * 3.2.4. Positive and Negative Mass Selection * 3.2.5. Pedigree Selection * 3.2.6. Bulk Selection * 3.2.7. Backcross Breeding * 3.2.8. Single-Seed Decent * 3.2.9. Near-Isogenic Lines As a Breeding Tool * 3.2.10. Polycross Method * 3.2.11. Shuttle Breeding * 3.3. Resistance Breeding * 3.4. Hybrid Breeding * 3.4.1. Synthetics * 3.5. Mutation Breeding * 3.5.1. Induced Mutation by Mutagens * 3.5.2. Somaclonal Variation by In Vitro Culture * 3.6. Polyploidy and Breeding * 3.7. Chromosome Manipulations As a Tool for Breeding and Research * 3.7.1. Aneuploids * 3.7.2. Chromosome Additions * 3.7.3. Chromosome Substitutions and Translocations * 3.7.4. Chromosome-Mediated Gene Transfer * 3.8. Utilization of Haploids in Breeding * 3.8.1. Doubled Haploids * 3.8.2. Dihaploids * 3.9. Grafting Methods * 3.10. Quantitative Terms in Breeding and Genetics * 3.10.1. Plot design, Field Equipment, and Laboratory Testing * 3.10.2. Statistics in Breeding * 3.10.3. Bioinformatics * Chapter 4. Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, and Plant Improvement * 4.1. In Vitro Techniques * 4.1.1. Embryo Rescue * 4.1.2. Cell Fusion and Somatic Hybridization * 4.1.3. Virus Freeing * 4.1.4. Micropropagation * 4.1.5. In Vitro Conservation of Germplasm * 4.2. Molecular Techniques in Plant Breeding * 4.2.1. Marker-Assisted Selection * 4.2.1.1. Plant Genomics * 4.2.2. Transgenic Crop Plants * 4.2.2.1. Future Transgenic Crop Plants and Genetic Engineering * 4.2.2.2. "Farmerceuticals" and Other Exotic Characters of Modern Crop Plants * 4.2.2.3. Prospects * Chapter 5. Intellectual Property Rights, Plant Variety Protection, and Patenting * Chapter 6. In the Service of CERES--A Gallery of Breeders, Geneticists and People Associated with Crop Improvement and Plant Breeding * Notes * Glossary * Bibliography * Index