Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding/edited by A.K. Mandal and G.L. Gibson.
Reprint. New Delhi, CBS Pub., 2002, xi, 268 p., figs., tables, $66. ISBN 81-239-0571-8.
Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding/edited by A.K. Mandal and G.L. Gibson.
Reprint. New Delhi, CBS Pub., 2002, xi, 268 p., figs., tables, $66. ISBN 81-239-0571-8.
Contents: Preface. 1. Principles and techniques of selection in tree breeding/C.R. McKinley and J.P. van Buijtenen. 2. Provenance research : the concept, application and achievement/W.E. Ladrach. 3. Systematic tree breeding/Hyun Kang, Martin Lascoux and Urban Gullberg. 4. Forestry mating designs and progeny testing : principles, methods and application/G.O. Otegbeye. 5. Hybrids in forest tree improvement/D.K. Khurana and P.K. Khosla. 6. Seed orchards and their genetics/Y.A. El-Kassaby and G.R. Askew. 7. Genetics and breeding of wood/J.P. van Buijtenen and B.J. Zobel. 8. Clonal forestry/Y.S. Park, J.M. Bonga and T.J. Mullin. 9. Chromosomes, chromosomal techniques and chromosomal evolution in trees/B.S. Gill and V.K. Singhal. 10. Reproductive biology of tropical tree species/A. Radhamani, A. Nicodemus, B. Nagarajan and A.K. Mandal. 11. Fruit and seed set in tropical trees : evolutionary constraints and proximate mechanisms/K.N. Ganeshaiah and R. Uma Shaanker. 12. Isozymes : techniques, interpretation and application to forest genetics/Y.A. El-Kassaby and K. Ritland. 13. Isozymes in forest genetics research/F. Bergmann and H.H. Hattemer. 14. Allozymes in tree breeding research/J.B. Mitton. 15. Biotechnology in forest tree improvement/D.F. Karnosky, G.K. Podila, V.L.C. Chiang and D. E. Riemenschneider.
From the preface: "In the present book, an attempt has been made to present a reappraisal of theory and practice on the developments made in the form of chapters written by eminent scholars and workers without making much changes to their original contributions. The book includes 15 chapters covering areas of tree improvement, clonal forestry, cytogenetics, reproductive biology, isozymes and biotechnology. The topics of different chapters have so chosen as to give a comprehensive idea about forest genetics and tree breeding. An exhaustive list of references has been included at the end of each chapter, enabling readers to have an access to the original source of information.
The present book has been designed as a text-cum-reference book for post-graduate students, research workers, teachers and undergraduate students specializing in advance course of forest genetics and tree improvement. It is believed, the book will immensely benefit them all."