In Vitro Culture and Cereal Breeding

  • P. J. Larkin
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Part of the Advances in Agricultural Biotechnology book series (AABI, volume 15)

Abstract

The last decade has brought to prominence in the minds of cereal plant breeders the issues of genetic vulnerability and narrow genetic bases. It is widely accepted that the cereal crops are resting precariously on a narrow genetic base. This narrow base, it is argued, means that our crops are vulnerable to the ever changing spectrum of challenges from diseases and pests. It further may mean that the important genetic component of crop improvement may be exhausting itself unless our breeding strategies are radically altered. Proponents of these views further argue that the use being made of exotic germplasm does not substantially change the picture because only a few major genes (mainly for disease resistance) are being introduced. Exotic germplasm has only been used in conjunction with extensive baekcrossing programs such that there is no attempt to adapt the exotic genome or any substantial portion of it to cropping practice (64).

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Rust Resistance Mobile Element Anther Culture Somaclonal Variation Mobile Genetic Element 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • P. J. Larkin
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  1. 1.Division of Plant IndustryCSIROCanberraAustralia

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