
Lentils
Potential Resources for Enhancing Genetic Gains
Description
Key Features
- Identifies breeding resources and the agronomic value assessed for specific traits of interest
- Presents marker assisted breeding work and genomic resources
- Describes strategies for wild lentils using wide hybridization
- Features key breeding strategies
Readership
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Origin, distribution, and gene pools
3. Genetic resources: collection, conservation (in-situ and ex-situ), characterization and maintenance
4. Conventional cytogenetic manipulations
5. Embryo-rescue and cytogenetic manipulations
6. Gene pyramiding and multiple character breeding
7. Molecular marker –assisted gene pyramiding
8. Transferring multiple genes through backcross breeding
9. Transferring multiple characters through conventional multiple crossing
10. Genetic transformation
11. The impact of improvement research
Product details
- No. of pages: 245
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2018
- Published: August 10, 2018
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128135228
- eBook ISBN: 9780128135235