Breeding Major Food Staples

Preface (Manjit S. Kang and P.M. Priyadarshan).

Part 1: General Topics.

Chapter 1: Crop Breeding Methodologies: Classic and Modern (Manjit S.Kang, Prasanta K. Subudhi, Niranjan Baisakh, and P.M. Priyadarshan).

Chapter 2: Genetic Enhancement of Polypoid Crops Using Tools of Classical Cytogenetics and Modern Biotechnology (Prem P. Jauhar).

Chapter 3: Biofortification: Breeding Micronutrient-Dense Crops (Wolfgang H. Pfeiffer and Bonnie McClafferty).

Chapter 4:Bioinformatics and Plant Genomics for Staple Crops Improvement (David Edwards).

Part 2: Cereals and Oil/Protein Crops.

Chapter 5: Breeding Spring Bread Wheat for Irrigated and Rainfed Production Systems of the Developing World (Ravi P. Singh and Richard Trethowan).

Chapter 6: Rice Breeding for Sustainable Production (Sant S. Virmani and M. Ilyas-Ahmed).

Chapter 7: Barley Breeding for Sustainable Production (Salvatore Ceccarelli, Stefania Grando, Flavio Capettini, and Michael Baum).

Chapter 8: Corn Breeding in the Twenty-first Century (G. Richard Johnson).

Chapter 9: Soybean Breeding Achievements and Challenges (Silvia R. Cianzio).

Part 3: Carbohydrate Suppliers: Rood Crops and Banana.

Chapter 10: Breeding Potato as a Major Staple Crop (John E. Bradshaw).

Chapter 11: Breeding of Sweetpotato (S.L. Tan, M. Nakatani, and K. Komaki).

Chapter 12: Cassava Genetic Improvement (Hernan Ceballos, Martin Fregene, Juan Carlos Perez, Nelson Morante, and Fernando Calle).

Chapter 13: Banana Breeding (Michael Pillay and Leena Tripathi).

Index