A point of view on genetic resources and plant breeding

Bibliography on Access to Plant Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property Rights International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

Plant hormones: a fungal point of view.

Most classical plant hormones are also produced by pathogenic and symbiotic fungi. The way in which these molecules favour the invasion of plant tissues and the development of fungi inside plant tissues is still largely unknown. In this review, we examine the different roles of such hormone production by pathogenic fungi. Converging evidence suggests that these fungal-derived molecules have pot...

Genetic Methods in Plant Breeding

Definition of plant breeding, Sources of genetic variability Significance of genetic variability. Selection methods (SM). Factors affecting (SM). Heterosis & examples Hybridization crossing methods –inbreeding/ outcrossing. Convergent breeding, Divergent breeding. Evaluation of inbred lines by: Single crosses; 3-way crosses, Performing top crosses, Diallel analysis. Combining ability. General &...

Cryopreservation of Plant Genetic Resources

Cultivated eggplants – origin, breeding objectives and genetic resources, a review

Brinjal eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) is an agronomically important nontuberous crop of Solanaceae family, native to southern India, and widely grown in Americas, Europe and Asia. Its close relatives: S. aethiopicum (scarlet eggplant) and S. macrocarpon (Gboma eggplant) are of African origin. Brinjal eggplant is a new vegetable in Poland. Until recently it was grown only in glasshouse conditi...