Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 24, Part 1

Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 24, Part 1 presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods. The emphasis of the series is on methodology, a practical understanding of crop genetics, and applications to major crops.

Contributors. Preface (Kendall R. Lamkey). 1. Dedication John W. Dudley: The Man and His Work (Rita Hogan Mumm). PERSPECTIVE AND BACKGROUND. 2. Genes and Selection: Retrospect and Prospect (George P. Rédei). 3. Champaign Country, Illinois, and the Origin of Hybrid Corn (A Forrest Troyer). THE ILLINOIS LONG-TERM SELECTION EXPERIMENT. 4. The Intellectual Legacy of the Illinois Long-term Selection Experiment (Irwin L. Goldman). 5. 100 Generations of Selection for Oil and Protein in Corn (J.W. Dudley and R.J. Lambert). 6. RELP Variant Frequency Differences among Illinois Long-term Selection Protein Stains (V. Mikkilineni and T.R. Rocheford). 7. Physiological Changes Accompanying Long-term Selection for Grain Protein in Maize (F.E. Below, et al.). 8. Single Kernel Selection for Increased Grain Oils in Maize Synthetics and High-oil Hybrid Development (R.J. Lambert, et al.). BIOLOGICAL AND THEORETICAL MODELS. 9. Population- and Quantitative-Genetic Models of Selection Limits (Bruce Walsh). 10. Mutational Variation and Long-term Selection Response (Peter D. Keightley). 11. Population Size and Long-term Selection (Kenneth Weber). 12. Gene Interaction and Selection (Charles J. Goodnight). 13. Marker-assisted Selection (Richard Johnson). 14. Long-term Selection with Known Quantitative Trait Loci (Jack C.M. Dekkers and Petek Settar). Subject Index. Cumulative Subject Index. Cumulative Contributor Index.