Author: Yunbi Xu (Molecular Maize Breeder, CIMMYT)
Title: Molecular Plant Breeding
Publishers: CAB International, Wallington, UK
The book is single-authored and was prepared over almost a decade. It is dedicated to Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, with a memory note contributed by CIMMYT managers Drs Thomas A. Lumpkin, Marianne Bänziger and Hans-Joachim Braun. Dr Borlaug and Dr. Ronald L. Phillips also each wrote a foreword for the book, both considering it an encyclopedic handbook for molecular breeding in plants. Over 30 experts worldwide reviewed the book.
Contents, Preface and Forewords
The book has 752 pages, with the following chapters:
• Molecular Plant Breeding Tools: Markers and Maps
• Molecular Plant Breeding Tools: Omics and Arrays
• Populations in Genetics and Breeding
• Plant Genetic Resources: Management, Evaluation and Enhancement
• Molecular Dissection of Complex Traits: Theory
• Molecular Dissection of Complex Traits: Practice
• Marker -assisted Selection: Theory
• Marker-assisted Selection: Practice
• Genotype by Environment Interaction
• Isolation and Functional Analysis of Genes
• Gene Transfer and Genetically Modified Plants
• Intellectual Property Rights and Plant Variety Protection
• Breeding Informatics
• Decision Support Tools
Provisional date for publication is 26th February 2010. The pre-publication price is US$190 and thereafter will be US$250. The book can be ordered directly from the publisher's website:
http://www.cabi.org/CABIpages/bk_BookDisplay.asp?PID=2113
or from Amazon where you may get it cheaper:
http://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Plant-Breeding-Yunbi-Xu/dp/1845933923/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265473561&sr=1-1
Persian and Chinese versions will be available soon.
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