Genetic and Molecular Analysis of Quantitative and Qualitative Late Blight Resistance in Tetraploid Potato
Title | Genetic and Molecular Analysis of Quantitative and Qualitative Late Blight Resistance in Tetraploid Potato PDF eBook |
Author | Christina A. Bormann |
Publisher | Cuvillier Verlag |
Pages | 149 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 3865370519 |
Introgression Breeding in Cultivated Plants
Title | Introgression Breeding in Cultivated Plants PDF eBook |
Author | Jaime Prohens |
Publisher | Frontiers Media SA |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2021-11-24 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 2889716732 |
Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Potato
Title | Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Potato PDF eBook |
Author | James M. Bradeen |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 318 |
Release | 2016-04-19 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1439868859 |
In this volume, world leaders in potato research review historical and contemporary discoveries resulting in a range of advances. Topics include nutritional quality, yield, disease and insect resistance, processing, plant growth and development, and other aspects. The book also examines research yielding significant molecular resources that facilit
Population Genomics: Crop Plants
Title | Population Genomics: Crop Plants PDF eBook |
Author | Om P. Rajora |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 947 |
Release | |
Genre | |
ISBN | 3031630025 |
Field assessment of resistance in potato to Phytophthora infestans
Title | Field assessment of resistance in potato to Phytophthora infestans PDF eBook |
Author | Forbes, G |
Publisher | International Potato Center |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 2014-06-27 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9290604409 |
The present guide is designed to assist professionals and technicians in charge of evaluation trials designed to screen selected potato genotypes for resistance to this disease. The evaluation of breeding families, which is carried out under greenhouse or field conditions, can use the same methodology. The guide can help to organize trials, improve data collection and analysis and introduces new criteria for resistance measurement based on epidemiological principles.
Potato Breeding: Theory and Practice
Title | Potato Breeding: Theory and Practice PDF eBook |
Author | John E. Bradshaw |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 571 |
Release | 2021-04-09 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3030644146 |
The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is the world’s fourth most important food crop after maize, rice and wheat with 377 million tonnes fresh-weight of tubers produced in 2016 from 19.2 million hectares of land, in 163 countries, giving a global average yield of 19.6 t ha-1 (http://faostat.fao.org). About 62% of production (234 million tonnes) was in Asia (191), Africa (25) and Latin America (18) as a result of steady increases in recent years, particularly in China and India. As a major food crop, the potato has an important role to play in the United Nations “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” which started on 1 January 2016 (http://faostat.fao.org). By 2030 the aim is to “ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round”. By then, the world population is expected to reach 8.5 billion and continue to increase to 9.7 billion in 2050. For potatoes, the need is to increase production and improve nutritional value during a period of climate change, a key aspect of which will be the breeding of new cultivars for a wide range of target environments and consumers. The aim of the book is to help this endeavour by providing detailed information in three parts on both the theory and practice of potato breeding. Part I deals with the history of potato improvement and with potato genetics. Part II deals with breeding objectives, divided into improving yield, quality traits and resistance to the most important diseases and pests of potatoes. Part III deals with breeding methods: first, the use of landraces and wild relatives of potato in introgression breeding, base broadening and population improvement; second, breeding clonally propagated cultivars as a way to deliver potato improvement to farmers’ fields; third, as an alternative, breeding potato cultivars for propagation through true potato seed; and fourth, gene editing and genetic transformation as ways of making further improvements to already successful and widely grown cultivars. Included are marker-assisted introgression and selection of specific alleles, genomic selection of many unspecified alleles and diploid F1 hybrid breeding.
Late blight: Managing the global threat, proceedings.
Title | Late blight: Managing the global threat, proceedings. PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | International Potato Center |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Late blight of potato |
ISBN | 9789290602156 |