Genetics Principles and Plant Breeding: Based on the 5th Deans Committee Recommendations

Contents: I. Introduction and Genetic Concepts: 1. Introduction and achievements. 2. Basic genetic concepts. 3. Genetics in relation to plant breeding. 4. Genetic basis of breeding methods. II. Plant Breeding Methods: 5. Plant introduction. 6. Pure line selection. 7. Mass and progeny selection. 8. Mass, progeny and ear to row selections. 9. Pedigree, bulk and SSD methods. 10. Backcross and multiline breeding. 11. Population improvement approaches. 12. Recurrent selection. 13. Heterosis breeding. 14. Synthetics and composite varieties. 15. Clonal selection. 16. Mutation breeding. 17. Space breeding. 18. Speed breeding. 19. Release of new varieties. III. Seed Related Topics: 20. Seed production techniques. 21. Maintenance breeding. 22. PPV and FR Act. 23. Glossary. 24. Key references. 25. Appendices.

Genetic Principles and Plant Breeding book has been designed to cover the Post Graduate Syllabus in one compact volume of 22 chapters. This book would be useful to the Post Graduate Students, Teachers and Researchers engaged in the field of Plant Breeding and Genetics in different Indian Agricultural Universities.