Biometry in plant breeding

Application of DNA Molecular Markers in Plant Breeding (Review article)

Plant Breeding has utilized a wide range of techniques and methods to improve the quality and quantity of plants. The molecular markers are the tools that have provided a new perspective for plant breeding advancements. This article has reviewed the various advantages and uses of molecular markers and the utilization of the high potential of natural polymorphisms within communities, combined wi...

Diversifying Selection in Plant Breeding

Open access, freely available online " Some qualities nature carefully fi xes and transmits, but some, and those the fi ner, she exhales with the breath of the individual as too costly to perpetuate. But I notice also that they may become fi xed and permanent in any stock, by painting and repainting them on every individual, until at last nature adopts them and bakes them into her porcelain " —...

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 &...

Changing paradigms in plant breeding.

Laboratory of Genetics, Department of Plant Sciences, Graduate School of Experimental Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, Dreyenlaan 2, 6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands (M.K.); and Laboratory of Plant Breeding, Department of Plant Sciences, Graduate Schools of Experimental Plant Science and Production Ecology and Resource Conservation, P.O. Box 386, Wageningen University, 6700 AJ Wagening...

Plant Breeding and Genetics