Rapeseed breeding / edited by Surinder Kumar Gupta.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Gupta, Surinder Kumar.

Series:

• Advances in botanical research ; v. 45.
• Advances in botanical research ; v. 45

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Brassica--Seeds.
• Botany--Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (578 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Academic, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rapeseed is an important oilseed crop belonging to Crucifereae family and grown in subtropical to temperate climate. Recent discoveries have caused the scientific community to respond positively by directing a greater amount of research towards increasing production and improving the quality of rapeseed oil. Today, the annual worldwide production is approximately 7.5 million tons on 4 million acres. Canola ranks 5th in the production of world's oilseed crops following soybean, sunflower, groundnut and cottonseed. Rapeseed Breeding fully explains the miraculous discoveries about

Contents:

• Front Cover; Advances in Botanical Research; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors to Volume 45; Preface; Contents of Volumes 34-44; I. Introduction; II. Area and Production; III. History; IV. Origin and Evolution; A. B. campestris; B. B. napus; V. Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: Breeding Methods; I. Introduction; II. Breeding Objectives for Varietal Development; A. Genetic Resources; B. Sources of Creating New Genetic Variability; C. Induced Mutagenesis for Creating New Variability; III. Breeding Methods
• A. Selection in Genetic Improvement for Yield in Cross- and Self-Pollinated Oilseed BrassicasB. Hybridization and Pedigree Selection; C. Development of Commercial Hybrids; D. Commercial Hybrids in B. campestris; E. Self-Incompatibility and Hybrid Seed Production; F. Synthetic and Composite Varieties; G. Artificial Synthesis of Amphidiploids for Commercial Cultivation; H. Development of Herbicide-Tolerant Cultivars; I. Development of Alternaria Blight and Aphid-Resistant Cultivars; J. Breeding for Desirable Oil and Meal Quality; IV. Conclusion; References
• Chapter 3: The Chronicles of Oil and Meal Quality Improvement in Oilseed RapeI. Introduction; A. Oil Content; B. FA Profile; C. Protein Content; D. Glucosinolate Content; E. Seed Coat Colour; II. Genetic Control of Some Biochemical Constituents; A. Oil Content; B. Erucic Acid Content; C. Glucosinolate Content; D. Yellow Seed Coat; III. Techniques for Estimation of Biochemical Composition; IV. The Progress Towards Nutritional Quality Improvement in Rapeseed; A. Development of Genotypes with Oil Composition Modifications; B. Development of Low Glucosinolate Genotypes
• C. Development of Double-Low GenotypesV. Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter 4: Development and Practical Use of DNA Markers; I. Introduction; II. Development and Use of DNA Markers; III. Molecular Aspects and Application of DNA Markers in Breeding for Important Agronomic Traits of Oilseed Rape Systems of Cytoplasmic Male Sterility; A. Cytoplasmic Male Sterility; B. Rfo Restorer Gene for CMS Ogu-INRA; C. Prediction of Hybrid Performance with the Use of Genetic Markers; D. Gene-Flow and Transgene Assessment; E. Testing of Candidate Variety
• F. Pathogens and Abiotic Stress ResistanceG. Yellow-Seeded Genotypes; H. Dwarf Genotypes; IV. Seed Oil Content; V. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5: Self-Incompatibility; I. Introduction; II. Sequence Diversity of Multiple Alleles of the S-Locus Genes; III. Recognition Specificities of Interspecific.Pairs of S Haplotypes; IV. Genome Structure of the S Locus; V. Function of SLG in Self-Incompatibility; VI. Dominance Relationship of S Haplotypes; VII. Self-Compatibility Caused by Mutations in the S Locus; VIII. Other Genes Participating in Brassica Self-Incompatibility
• IX. F1 Hybrid Breeding Using the Self-Incompatibility System

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 1-281-11912-1
• 9786611119126
• 0-08-054828-8

OCLC:

437186420