1st Edition

Genetic Improvement of Solanaceous Crops, Volume 1 Potato

Edited By M K Razdan, A.K. Mattoo Copyright 2005

    Potato is the most significant non-cereal crop. Much attention has been paid to this commercially important crop. The aim of this volume is to capture the recent advances made in improving potatoes using traditional breeding methods as well as genetic engineering technology. The book provides a critical appraisal of the state-of-the-art finding on this crop.

    Conservation of Potato Genetic Resources
    On-Farm Profitability and Prospects for True Potato Seed (TPS)
    Propagation by Traditional Breeding Method
    Breeding Potential and Transmission of Traits in 4x-2x Crosses
    Improvement at the Diploid Species Level; Molecular Markers in Identification of Genotypic Variation
    Ploidy Manipulation - Examination of Gene Action and Method of Gene Mapping
    Approaches to Gene Isolation in Potato
    Cell and Tissue Culture of Potato (Solanaceae)
    Starch-Sugar Metabolism and Temperature Responsiveness During Storage of Potato (Solanum tuberosum) Tubers
    Transformation for Insect Resistance
    Breeding for Resistance to Meloidogyne Species and Trichodorid-Vectored Virus
    Resistance to Viruses
    Resistance to Bacterial Pathogens
    Resistance to Late Blight and Other Fungi

    Biography

    M K Razdan