Molecular Breeding of Crop Plants

Molecular Breeding of Plants discusses the various fundamentals of plant breeding with the readers and informs them about the application of genomic tools in the breeding of plant. The book throws light on the advancements in the genomics and the bioinformatics of plant breeding and also introduces the concepts of population genetics to the readers. Also discussed in the book are the methods for developing molecular markers, the introduction to the marker assisted crop improvement, plant transformation methods and identification of mutagenized plant population. These topics give and insight on the breeding of plants at molecular levels for the better understanding of the readers.