Translational genomics for crop breeding : Volume I, Biotic stress - Varshney, R. K. (Rajeev K.), 1973-; Tuberosa, R. (Roberto) (Ames, Iowa : Wiley Blackwell, 2013)
Genomics applications in crop breeding for biotic stress tolerance: an introduction / Rajeev K. Varshney and Roberto Tuberosa -- Bacterial blight resistance in rice / Yanjun kou and Shiping Wang -- The genetic basis of disease resistance in maize / Tiffany Jamann, Rebecca Nelson and Peter Balint-Kurti -- Genomics assisted breeding for fusarium head blight resistance in wheat / Hermann Buerstmayr [and others] -- Virus resistance in barley / Frank Ordon, Dragan Perovic -- Molecular breeding for striga resistance in sorghum / Santosh P. Deshpande, Abdalla Mohamed, Charles Thomas Hash, Jr. -- Nematode resistance in soybean / Tri D. Vuong [and others] -- Marker-assisted selection for biotic stress resistance in peanut / Mark D. Burow [and others] -- Organization of genes conferring resistance to anthracnose in common bean / Juan Jose Ferreira, Ana Campa, and James D. Kelly -- Enabling tools for modern breeding of cowpea for biotic stress resistance / Bao-Lam Huynh [and others] -- Disease resistance in chickpea / Teresa Millan [and others] -- Resistance to late blight in potato / Jadwiga Sliwka and Ewa Zimnoch-Guzowska -- Late blight of tomato / Marcin Nowicki, Elzbieta U. Kozik and Majid R. Foolad -- Marker-assisted selection for disease resistance in lettuce / I. Simko -- Marker-assisted breeding for cassava mosaic disease resistance / E. Okogbenin [and others] -- Genetics and gene mapping of disease resistance in brassica / Genyi Li and Peter B.E. McVetty.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Wiley, viewed November 1, 2013).
Keywords: Crops -- Genetic engineering; Plant breeding; Plants -- Disease and pest resistance -- Genetic aspects; Plants -- Effect of stress on -- Genetic aspects; Crop improvement; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General; Crops -- Genetic engineering; Plant breeding; Plants -- Disease and pest resistance -- Genetic aspects; Plants -- Effect of stress on -- Genetic aspects; Electronic books