Genetics and Plant Breeding

Contents: Preface. I. Fundamentals: A. Introduction: 1. Scope, methods and applications of genetics. B. Physical basis: 2. Development. 3. Reproduction. C. Heredity: 4. Mendelian method. 5. Segregation. 6. Mendelian conceptions. 7. Sex linkage or heterosomal inheritance. 8. Heterozygous expressions. 9. Lethal factors. 10. Multiple allelomorphism. 11. Sex-limited characters. 12. Independent assortment. 13. Factor interactions in development. 14. Linkage. 15. The organization of linkage groups. D. Variation: 16. Variation. 17. The statistics of variation. 18. Developmental variation. 19. Quantitative characters. 20. Pure lines and clones. 21. Selection. 22. Factor mutation. 23. Parallel variation. 24. Chromosomal variation. 25. Sectional variation. 26. The oenothera investigations. 27. Interspecific hybridization. II. Plant breeding: 28. Introduction. 29. Varieties. 30. Chimeras. 31. Clonal selection. 32. Pure-line selection. 33. Selection in cross-fertilized plants. 34. The utilization of hybrid vigor. 35. Breeding new varieties by hybridization. 36. Breeding disease-resistant plants. 37. Plant-breeding methods.