Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 25

Plant Breeding Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods. Many of the crops widely grown today stem from a very narrow genetic base. Understanding and preserving crop genetic resources is vital to the security of food systems worldwide.Content: Chapter 1 Dedication: Stanley J. Peloquin Potato Geneticist and Cytogeneticist (pages 1–19): Rodomiro Ortiz, Luigi Frusciante and Domenico CarputoChapter 2 Politics of Plant Breeding (pages 21–55): Cary Fowler and Richard L. LowerChapter 3 Doubled Haploids in Genetics and Plant Breeding (pages 57–88): Brian P. Forster and William T. B. ThomasChapter 4 Biochemistry and Genetics of Flower Color (pages 89–114): R. J. GriesbachChapter 5 The Influence of Mitochondrial Genetics on Crop Breeding Strategies (pages 115–138): Sally A. MackenzieChapter 6 Genetic and Cytoplasmic?Nuclear Male Sterility in Sorghum (pages 139–172): Belum V. S. Reddy, S. Ramesh and Rodomiro OrtizChapter 7 Improving Drought Tolerance in Maize (pages 173–253): T. Barker, H. Campos, M. Cooper, D. Dolan, G. Edmeades, J. Habben, J. Schussler, D. Wright and C. ZinselmeierChapter 8 The Origins of Fruits, Fruit Growing, and Fruit Breeding (pages 255–321): Jules Janick