Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 34

Jules Janick is the James Troop Distinguished Professor of Horticulture at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN, USA.

• Contributors ix1. Dedication: Kenneth J. Frey: Oat Breeder, Educator, and Champion of Plant Breeding 1Ann Marie Thro and Larry RobertsonI. Introduction 2Ii. Early Life and Career Beginnings 3Iii. Research 5Iv. Graduate Educator 10V. Champion of Plant Breeding: The National Plant Breeding Study 12Vi. The Man 16Vii. Awards and Honors 17Viii. Epilogue 18Literature Cited 19Selected Publications of Kenneth J. Frey 212. Strategies for Enhancing Grain Yield in Maize 37M. Tollenaar and E. A. LeeI. A Historical Perspective 38Ii. Opportunities for Future Yield Improvement 44Iii. Plant Density 48Iv. Improvement in Resource-Use Efficiency 60V. Conclusions 73Literature Cited 753. Quality Protein Maize: Progress and Prospects 83G. N. Atlin, N. Palacios, R. Babu, B. Das, S. Twumasi-Afriyie, D. K. Friesen, H. De Groote, B. Vivek, and K. V. PixleyI. Introduction 84Ii. Quality Protein Maize: A Complex Genetic and Biochemical System 87Iii. Human Nutritional Benefits of QPM 97Iv. QPM as Livestock Feed 101V. Progress in the Development of QPM Hybrids and Synthetics 106Vi. Release and Adoption of QPM Cultivars 115Vii. Conclusions 121Literature Cited 1244. Vegetative Phase Change in Maize: Biotic Resistance and Agronomic Performance 131M. A. Chandler, E. S. Riedeman, and W. F. TracyI. Introduction 132Ii. Vegetative Phase Change and Biotic Resistance in Maize 138Iii. Vegetative Phase Change and Agronomic Performance in Maize 149Iv. Vegetative Phase Change and Pest Resistance on Other Plant Species 151V. Summary and Conclusions 154Literature Cited 1555. Plant Interspecific Hybridization: Outcomes and Issues at the Intersection of Species 161Ed R. Morgan, Gail M. Timmerman-Vaughan, Anthony J. Conner, William B. Griffin, and Richard PickeringI. Introduction 163Ii. Species and Hybrids 165Iii. Protocols for Hybridization 169Iv. Outcomes of Hybridization 173V. Genomic and Gene Expression Consequences of Interspecific Hybridization 186Vi. Verification of Hybrids 193Vii. Estimating Donor Parental DNA Content in Progeny From Hybrids 202Viii. Conclusions 205Literature Cited 2076. DNA-Based Identification of Clonally Propagated Cultivars 221Hilde Nybom and Kurt WeisingI. Introduction 223Ii. Molecular Methods 224Iii. Choice of Method 238Iv. Applications 251V. Conclusions and Future Outlooks 277Literature Cited 2787. Designing Marker-Assisted Inbred Line Development Strategies Using Computer Simulation 297Guoyou Ye and M. van GinkelI. Introduction 299Ii. Requirements for Modeling Breeding Program 300Iii. Recent Development in Genetic Mapping 305Iv. Investigating the Effectiveness of MAS Strategies 313V. Examples to Demonstrate the Design of MAS Strategies 323Vi. Prospects 341Vii. Conclusion 343Literature Cited 344Subject Index 349Cumulative Subject Index 351Cumulative Contributor Index 373

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