Soybean Breeding

This book was written by soybean experts to cluster in a single publication the most relevant and modern topics in soybean breeding. It is geared mainly to students and soybean breeders around the world. It is unique since it presents the challenges and opportunities faced by soybean breeders outside the temperate world. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Economic Importance and Evolution of Breeding....Pages 1-16 FT Sementes and the Expansion of Soybeans in Brazil....Pages 17-27 Center for Diversity and Genetic Resources....Pages 29-41 Vegetative and Reproductive Morphology....Pages 43-54 Qualitative Traits in Breeding....Pages 55-79 Quantitative Traits in Breeding....Pages 81-112 Quantitative Genetics in Breeding....Pages 113-129 Parental Selection....Pages 131-147 Methods for Advancing Segregating Populations....Pages 149-169 Recurrent Selection....Pages 171-191 Biometrics Applied to Soybean Breeding....Pages 193-227 BLUP in the Genetic Evaluation of Parents, Generations, Populations, and Progenies....Pages 229-252 Soybean Genetic Mapping....Pages 253-274 Marker-Assisted Selection and Genomic Selection....Pages 275-291 Breeding GM Cultivars....Pages 293-309 GM Cultivars....Pages 311-327 Resistance to Diseases....Pages 329-350 Resistance to Insects....Pages 351-357 Breeding for Tolerance to Abiotic Stress....Pages 359-373 Breeding for Nutritional Quality....Pages 375-393 Agronomical Aspects of the Development of Cultivars....Pages 395-411 Seed Multiplication and Maintenance....Pages 413-426 Registration and Protection of Cultivars....Pages 427-440