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Breeding multigenic traits

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DNA-based markers in plants

Part of the book series: Advances in Cellular and Molecular Biology of Plants ((CMBP,volume 1))

Abstract

Increases in the productivity of food, feed, and fiber in domesticated crop plants can be attributed to collective plant breeding efforts over many millennia. These increases (many have been dramatic) have resulted from artificial selection, either conscious or unconscious, on the phenotypes of the targeted species. Until the 20th century, plant breeding was largely an art with little or no knowledge of genetic principles. Although plant improvement since the rediscovery of Mendel’s principles has involved both art and science, the contributions of science will undoubtedly assume a much greater role as new technology becomes more widely used and as additional gains in agricultural productivity are required at an ever-increasing pace.

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  1. Agricultural Research Service, Department of Genetics, U.S. Department of Agriculture, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7614, USA

    Charles W. Stuber

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  1. Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, 55108-6026, USA

    Ronald L. Phillips

  2. Laboratory of Plant Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611-0690, USA

    Indra K. Vasil

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Stuber, C.W. (1994). Breeding multigenic traits. In: Phillips, R.L., Vasil, I.K. (eds) DNA-based markers in plants. Advances in Cellular and Molecular Biology of Plants, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1104-1_5

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