I am a genomics guy, aware of basics techniques in plant breeding and its associated statistics. I like to find nook and corners of plant breeding. What would be the right book? Suggestion please? Thanks in advance,
Ramesh
Dear Ramesh
There are several notable books, but One I cherished was authored by Prof. PK Gupta: http://books.google.dk/books/about/Plant_Breeding.html?id=M-X_Jc0pW5kC&redir_esc=y
Prof. Acquaah:
http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470664762.html
It will be a joyful reading!
Best
Prash
Be careful, there are a lot of mediocre books published about plant breeding! Any book that doesn't cite references should be suspect.
Fehr (1991) and Allard (1960, a classic) are very good for the basics. Poehlman (already mentioned) is also good for the basics.
Hallauer and Miranda Filho (1988) is a more advanced treatment of the subject, and a classic text.
Falconer (1960, 1994) and Lynch and Walsh (1998) are the best texts for quantitative genetics.
Steel and Torrie (1996) and Kearsey and Pooni (2004) are excellent statistical references.
The Principles of Plant Breeding (Allard, 1960) is a classic (i.e., excellent) as mentioned by Jack Haggard. It provides the conceptual framework of how to think about breeding a plant species'. Having this framework is essential and will, I think, provide you with some of what you are looking for. Understanding a plant species' genetics and reproductive biology forms the basis of a breeding strategy. For example, Allard explains the genetic basis of selection, how it applies to self- and cross-pollinated crops, and the breeding strategies used. Thus, providing an understanding of the "why" of these strategies. He clearly describes each of these components in its own section (composed of multiple chapters). For example, Section 2 is "Genetic basis of breeding self-pollinated crops" (5 chapters), followed by Section 3 of "Breeding methods with self-pollinated crops" (4 chapters). Sections 4 and 5 then cover cross-pollinated crop genetics and breeding methods.
Good to see a genomicist thinking of the plant breeding side :).
Thank you all for your time and suggestions.
I have started reading Poehlman, it's a really excellent one to build basics.
Soon, I will try The Principles of Plant Breeding (Allard, 1960).
@Randall: I feel, plant genomics without plant breeding knowledge may not make much sense in the area of crop improvement. I am good in genomics and NGS data analysis and I am slowly moving to field from lab.
Thank you again,
Ramesh
There are many good books on plant breeding. e.g. 1. Principles of Plant genetics & Breeding by George Acquaah; 2. Principles of Plant Breeding by GS Chahal & SS Gosal; Principles of Plant Breeding by PK Gupta.
I agree with most answers here. These are all great books: Allard (1960), Sleper and Poehlman (2006), Ferh (1991), for beginning, then Hallauer and Miranda Filho (1988), and Falconer and Mackay (1996) for more advanced quantitative genetics; however, there are two great books that were not cited here: Essentials of Plant Breeding (Bernardo, 2014), for more introductory plant breeding and Breeding for Quantitative Traits, second edition, (Bernardo, 2010), for more advanced plant breeding.
I really indicate Fehr WR (1991) Principles of Cultivar Development. It's a very good one.
Most of the books mentioned here are pretty good, I would highlight Falconer and Mackay (1996) and Bernardo (2010) as well as Quantitative Genetics in Maize Breeding (Hallauer,Carena, and Miranda Filho, 2010), Quantitative Genetics and Selection in Plant Breeding (Wricke and Webber, 1986), Predicting Breeding Values with Applications in Forest Tree Improvement (White and Hodge, 1989).
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