6. Meiotic Mutations and Crop Improvement

  1. Jules Janick
  1. Federica Consiglio1,
  2. Luigi Maria Monti1,
  3. Clara Conicella1,
  4. Domenico Carputo2,
  5. Luigi Frusciante2

Published Online: 27 MAR 2007

DOI: 10.1002/9780470168028.ch6

Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 28

Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 28

How to Cite

Consiglio, F., Monti, L. M., Conicella, C., Carputo, D. and Frusciante, L. (2007) Meiotic Mutations and Crop Improvement, in Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 28 (ed J. Janick), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/9780470168028.ch6

Editor Information

  1. Purdue University, USA

Author Information

  1. 1

    CNR-IGV, Institute of Plant Genetics, Research Division Portici, Via Università 133, 80055 Portici, Italy

  2. 2

    DISSPA, Department of Soil, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Università 100, 80055 Portici, Italy

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 27 MAR 2007
  2. Published Print: 10 JAN 2007

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780471997986

Online ISBN: 9780470168028

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Keywords:

  • meiotic mutations and crop improvement;
  • meiotic genes and mutations;
  • fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH);
  • homologous pairing control

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Cytological Tools

  • Molecular Tools

  • Meiotic Genes and Mutations

  • Applications in Breeding

  • Conclusion

  • Literature Cited