Ebook: Reproductive Biology and Plant Breeding: Biologie de la Reproduction et Amelioration des Plantes

This volume has been produced for the XI 11th EUCARPIA Congress. EUCARPIA (the European Association for Plant breeding) currently has 1.200 members, including scientists and staff of both publ ic and private organizations. Its aim is to promote scientific and technical research and cooperation In the field of plant breeding, and thereby to contribute to the development of agriculture. Every three years, EUCARPIA organizes a scientific congress. In 1992, the Xilith EUCARPIA Congress will be held In ANGERS (Fran­ ce) and the theme Is "Reproductive biology and plant breeding". Reproduction of plant material Is central to selection. The geneti­ cist, the plant breeder and the seed grower all use sexual and ve­ getative reproduction during the various stages of plant breeding and creation of variety. The possibility of unlimited interspecific reproduction, the use of gametogenesis dysfunction, the creation of auto and allogamy, and the cloning of the best genotypes are the challenges before the plant breeder. To understand how the reproductive system conditions the genetic structure of a population, and to Investigate the relation­ ships between the reproductive mode and the organization of varia­ bility Is a central key to genetic progress. The articles presented In this book review the current state of knowledge of reproductive biology, and Its impact on variety crea­ tion.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII
EC Research Programmes in the Reproductive Biology of Higher Plants....Pages 1-13
Plant Reproduction: Past, Present and Future....Pages 15-27
The Control of Flower Formation: Exogenous and Endogenous....Pages 29-38
Gametophytic and Sporophytic Gene Expression in Helianthus annuus L.....Pages 39-47
Gametophytic Gene Expression....Pages 49-58
Gametophytic Competition and Plant Breeding....Pages 59-68
Cytoplasmic Male Sterility in Higher Plants....Pages 69-75
Genetic Engineering for Fertility Control....Pages 77-85
Mechanisms of Microspore Embryogenesis....Pages 87-99
The Use of Androgenesis in Maize Breeding....Pages 101-106
Haploidy in Barley and Wheat Improvement....Pages 107-119
Sporophytic Self-Incompatibility....Pages 121-130
Molecular Analysis of Gametophytic Self-Incompatibility....Pages 131-138
The Use of Incompatibility in Breeding Programmes....Pages 139-151
Fertilization in Angiosperm Plants....Pages 153-162
In Vitro Fertilization in Flowering Plants....Pages 163-175
Wide Hybridization in Higher Plants by Applying the Method of Test Tube Pollination of Ovules....Pages 177-186
Regulation of ABA and Water Stress Responsive Genes in Maize Embryos....Pages 187-196
In Vitro Culture of Zygotic Embryos: Its Use in Soya and Sunflower Improvement....Pages 197-204
Histology of Somatic Embryogenesis....Pages 205-214
Cell Wall Glycoprotein Encoding Genes in Somatic and Zygotic Embryogenesis....Pages 215-223
Progress in Research on Apomixis and Its Transfer to Major Grain Crops....Pages 225-234
Cryopreservation of Embryos....Pages 235-246
Cryopreservation of In Vitro Cultures of Plant Cells and Organs by Vitrification and Dehydration....Pages 247-259
Use of Cryopreservation in Breeding Programs....Pages 261-267
Genetic Diversity and Reproductive System....Pages 269-279
Reproductive Systems and Dynamic Management of Genetic Resources....Pages 281-290
Pollen Competition: Genetics and Implications for Plant Breeding....Pages 291-300
Relationship Between Genetic Expression and Hybrid Vigor in Maize....Pages 301-310
Prediction of Heterosis....Pages 311-323
The Potential of Inbred Lines in the Presence of Heterosis....Pages 325-334
The Potential of Hybrid Varieties in Self-Pollinating Vegetables....Pages 335-344
Developing a Genetic Understanding of Agronomic Traits with Complex Inheritance....Pages 345-354
From Tradition to Modernity: Which Right for Which Varieties?....Pages 355-369
From Tradition to Modernity: Which Right for Which Varieties?....Pages 371-385
Back Matter....Pages 387-396
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