Chapter 4. Breeding for Negatively Associated Traits

  1. Jules Janick
  1. Weikai Yan1,
  2. Donald H. Wallace2

Published Online: 22 JUN 2010

DOI: 10.1002/9780470650059.ch4

Book Title

Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 13

Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 13

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How to Cite

Yan, W. and Wallace, D. H. (2010) Breeding for Negatively Associated Traits, in Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 13 (ed J. Janick), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470650059.ch4

Editor Information

  1. Purdue University, USA

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Agronomy, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China

  2. 2

    Departments of Plant Breeding and Biometry, and Fruit and Vegetable Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1902, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 22 JUN 2010
  2. Published Print: 3 NOV 1995

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780471573432

Online ISBN: 9780470650059

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Keywords:

  • breeding for negatively associated traits;
  • hypothesis of constant system capacity - two-way and three-way associations;
  • pleiotropic effects - syndrome of traits due to photoperiod-gene activity;
  • competition of developmental stages for calendar time;
  • breeding strategies - tailoring genotypes for specific environments;
  • continued need for independent traits;
  • constant-capacity system analysis - whole-system research on physiological genetics of yield;
  • interplant competition and crop yield;
  • improving breeding methodology;
  • quantifying genotype X environment interaction effects

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Hypothesis of Constant System Capacity

  • Bases for Constant System Capacity

  • Breeding Strategies

  • Interplant Competition and Crop Yield

  • Analysis of Constant-Capacity Systems

  • Summary and Conclusions

  • Literature Cited

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