Singh R.J. (ed.) Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement. Volume 4: Oilseed Crops

CRC Press, 2007. — 306 p.
ISBNr-10: 0-8493-3639-2.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8493-3639-3.Summarizing landmark research, Volume 4 of this essential series furnishes information on the availability of germplasm resources that breeders can exploit for producing high-yielding oilseed crop varieties. Written by leading international experts, this volume presents the most up-to-date information on employing genetic resources to increase the yield of the major seven oilseed crops.
In eight succinct chapters, Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement: Oilseed Crops, Volume 4 focuses on soybean, groundnut, cottonseed, sunflower, safflower, brassica oilseeds, and sesame. An introductory chapter outlines the economic and nutritional importance of oilseed crops, describes the principles and strategies of cytogenetics and breeding, and summarizes landmarks in current research. This sets the stage for the ensuing crop-specific chapters. Each chapter generally provides a complete account of the crop, its origin, wild relatives, exploitation of genetic resources in the primary, secondary, and tertiary gene pools through breeding and cytogenetic manipulation, and genetic enrichment using the tools of molecular genetics and biotechnology.
Certain to become the standard reference for improving the yields of these critical crops, this book is the definitive source of information for plant breeders, agronomists, cytogeneticists, taxonomists, pathologists, entomologists, molecular biologists, food technologists, consumers, biotechnologists, and graduate students and researchers in these fields.Landmark Research in Oilseed Crops (Ram J. Singh).Importance of Oilseed Crops.
Establishment of International and National Programs.
Development of Oilseed Crops Processing Industries.
Gene Pools of Oilseed Crops.
Germplasm Resources for Oilseed Crops.
Germplasm Enhancement for Oilseed Crops.Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) (Ram J. Singh, Randall L. Nelson, and Gyuhwa Chung).Domestication and Dissemination of Soybean.
Botany.
Gene Pools of Soybean.
Cytogenetics.
Soybean Germplasm Enhancement.Groundnut (Boshou Liao and Corley Holbrook).Genetic Resources.
Cytogenetics and Genomes.
Crop Improvement.
Looking Ahead.
Cottonseed (R.J. Kohel and J.Z. Yu).Distribution and Importance.
Origin and Genetic Resources.
Genetic Improvement.
Utilization of Products.Sunflower (Chao-Chien Jan and Gerald J. Seiler).Description and Crop Use.
Origin, Domestication, and Dispersion.
Taxonomy and Germplasm Resources.
Cytogenetics.
Germplasm Enhancement: Conventional Breeding.
Germplasm Characterization: Molecular Applications.
Conclusions and Prospects.
Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) (Vrijendra Singh and N. Nimbkar).Description and Crop Use.
Centers of Origin.
Cytogenetics.
Germplasm Resources.
Germplasm Enhancement: Conventional Breeding.
Molecular Genetic Variation.
Tissue Culture and Genetic Transformation.
Polyembryony and Apomixis in Safflower.
Future Direction.
Brassica Oilseeds (Rod Snowdon, Wilfried Lühs, and Wolfgang Friedt).Description and Crop Use.
Germplasm Resources.
Cytogenetics.
Genetic Mapping.
Germplasm Enhancement: Conventional Breeding.
Molecular Genetic Variation.
Tissue Culture and Genetic Transformation.
Interspecific and Intergeneric Hybridization.
Future Direction.
Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) (Amram Ashri).Botany.
Cytogenetics.
Genetics.
Seed Retention.
Seed Composition and Quality.
Molecular Variation.
Germplasm Resources.
Breeding Objectives.
Breeding Methods.
In Vitro
Techniques.
Looking Ahead.