Quantitative Genetics and Selection in Plant Breeding

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Dr. Günter Wricke ist Mitglied der BundesAG Berufsbildung in den Fachrichtungen Bautechnik, Holztechnik, Farbtechnik und Raumgestaltung, Berlin.

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Frontmatter -- 1. Basic population genetics -- 2. Quantitative genetics -- 3. Covariances between relatives -- 4. Estimation of genetic variances and covariances from experiments -- 5. Basic concepts of selection -- 6. Selection between clones and homozygous lines -- 7. Selection in cross-fertilizing crops - population improvement -- 8. Synthetic varieties -- 9. Hybrid varieties -- 10. Selection in segregating generations of self-fertilizing crops -- 11. Selection in autotetraploids -- 12. Selection for several characters -- 13. Selection progress and selection limits -- Appendix -- References -- Author index -- Subject index -- Backmatter