Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 27

Contributors viii

1. Dedication: Fredrick A. Bliss Teacher, Researcher, and Director of Plant Breeding 1
Thomas C. Osborn

2. Sugarcane Improvement through Breeding and Biotechnology 15
Ray Ming, Paul H. Moore, Kuo-Kao Wu, Angélique D’Hont, Jean C. Glaszmann, Thomas L. Tew, T. Erik Mirkov, Jorge da Silva, John Jifon, Mamta Rai, Raymond J. Schnell, Stevens M. Brumbley, Prakash Lakshmanan, Jack C. Comstock, and Andrew H. Paterson

I. Introduction 18

II. Sugarcane Breeding 20

III. Sugarcane Improvement Through Biotechnology 57

Literature Cited 100

3. Breeding for Resistance to Maize Foliar Pathogens 119
Richard C. Pratt and Stuart G. Gordon

I. Introduction 121

II. Diseases Incited by Fungal Pathogens 125

III. Diseases Incited by Viral Pathogens 142

IV. Diseases Incited by Bacterial Pathogens 156

V. Summary 159

Literature Cited 162

4. Synteny in the Rosaceae 175
Pere Arús, Toshiya Yamamoto, Elisabeth Dirlewanger, and Albert G. Abbott

I. Introduction 176

II. Genetic Maps in the Main Rosaceae Species 177

III. Map Comparisons 191

IV. Other Genetic Resources of Interest for Map Comparison 202

V. Future Prospects 203

Literature Cited 205

5. Genetic Mapping and Molecular Breeding in Cucurbits 213
Yi-Hong Wang, Ralph A. Dean, and Tarek Joobeur

I. Introduction 214

II. Classic Genetic Maps 215

III. Molecular Genetic Maps 216

IV. Gene Tagging 219

V. QTL Mapping 226

VI. Molecular Breeding 233

VII. Gene Cloning 235

VIII. Cucurbit Genomics 236

IX. Future Prospects 237

Literature Cited 239

6. Breeding Douglas-Fir 245
Glenn T. Howe, Keith Jayawickrama, Marilyn Cherry, G. R. Johnson, and Nicholas C. Wheeler

I. Abbreviations 246

II. Introduction 247

III. Distinctive Characteristics of Forest Trees 249

IV. Douglas-Fir: The Species 251

V. Factors That Influence Douglas-Fir Breeding 254

VI. Breeding Goals and Objectives 279

VII. Overview of Tree Breeding Methods 286

VIII. Breeding Programs 289

IX. Breeding and Testing Methods 296

X. Production of Improved Materials for Reforestation 319

XI. Biotechnology 331

XII. Gene Conservation 337

XIII. Acknowledgments 339

Literature Cited 339

Subject Index 354

Cumulative Subject Index 355

Cumulative Contributor Index 371