Principles of Plant Genetics and Breeding. George Acquaah

Breeding for resistanceto diseases and insect pests 14.1 Selected definitions 14.2 Groups of pathogens and pests targeted by plant breeders 14.3 Biological and economic effects of plant pathogens and pests 14.4 Overview of the methods of control of plant pathogens and pests 14.5 Concepts of resistance in breeding 14.6 Concepts of pathogen and host 14.7 Mechanisms of defense in plants against pathogens and pests 14.8 Types of genetic host resistance and their breeding approaches 14.9 Resistance breeding strategies 14.10 Challenges of breeding for pest resistance 14.11 Role of wild germplasm in disease and pest resistance breeding 14.12 Screening techniques in disease and pest resistance breeding 14.13 Applications of biotechnology in pest resistance breeding 14.14 Epidemics and plant breeding Key references and suggested reading Outcomes assessment 15 Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses 15.1 Importance of breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses 15.2 Resistance to abiotic stress and yield potential 15.3 Types of abiotic environmental stresses 15.4 Tolerance to stress or resistance to stress? 15.5 Screening for stress resistance 15.6 Drought stress 15.7 Breeding drought resistance 15.8 Approaches for breeding drought resistance 15.9 Cold stress 15.10 Mechanisms of resistance to low temperature 15.11 Selection for low‐temperature tolerance 15.12 Breeding for tolerance to low‐temperature stress 15.13 Salinity stress 15.14 Heat stress 15.15 Mineral toxicity stress 15.16 Mineral deficiency stress 15.17 Oxidative stress 15.18 Flood stress (waterlogging) Key references and suggested reading Outcomes assessment

      11  Section 6: Selection methods 16 Breeding self‐pollinated species 16.1 Types of cultivars 16.2 Genetic structure of cultivars and its implications 16.3 Types of self‐pollinated cultivars 16.4 Common plant breeding notations 16.5 Mass selection 16.6 Pure‐line selection 16.7 Pedigree selection 16.8 Bulk population breeding 16.9 Single‐seed descent 16.10 Backcross breeding 16.11 Special backcross procedures 16.12 Multiline breeding and cultivar blends 16.13 Composites 16.14 Recurrent selection Key references and suggested reading Outcomes assessment 17 Breeding cross‐pollinated species 17.1 The concept of population improvement 17.2 Concept of recurrent selection 17.3 Genetic basis of recurrent selection 17.4 Types of recurrent selection 17.5 Intrapopulation improvement methods 17.6 Optimizing gain from selection in population improvement 17.7 Development of synthetic cultivars 17.8 Backcross breeding Key references and suggested reading Outcomes assessment 18 Breeding hybrid cultivars 18.1 What is a hybrid cultivar? 18.2 Brief historical perspective 18.3 The concepts of hybrid vigor and inbreeding depression 18.4 Genetic basis of heterosis 18.5