Molecular Markers and Marker-Assisted Breeding in Plants ( Plant Breeding from Laboratories to Fields )

Publication series ： Plant Breeding from Laboratories to Fields

Author： Guo-Liang Jiang  

Publisher： IntechOpen‎

Publication year： 2013

E-ISBN: INT0336252583

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789535110903

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9789535110903

Subject： R394 medical genetics

Keyword： 医学遗传学

Language： ENG

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Molecular Markers and Marker-Assisted Breeding in Plants

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Chapter 3 Molecular Markers and Marker-Assisted Breeding in Plants

1. Introduction

2. Genetic markers in plant breeding: Conceptions, types and application

2.1. Classical markers

2.2. DNA markers

3. Pre-requisites and general activities of marker-assisted breeding

3.1. Prerequisites for an efficient marker-assisted breeding program

3.2. Activities of marker-assisted breeding

4. Marker-assisted selection

4.1. MAS procedure and theoretical and practical considerations

4.2. MAS for major genes or improvement of qualitative traits

4.3. MAS for improvement of quantitative traits

5. Marker-assisted backcrossing

5.1. MABC procedure and theoretical and practical considerations

5.2. Application of MABC

6. Marker-assisted gene pyramiding and marker-assisted recurrent selection

7. Genomic selection

8. Marker-based breeding and conventional breeding: Challenges and perspectives

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