Jules Janick obtained his PhD in Plant Genetics and Breeding and is a Professor of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture at Purdue University.

• Contributors ix 1. Dedication: Molly M. Jahn Plant Breeder and Geneticist 1I. L. GoldmanI. Biographical Sketch 1II. Research Program 5III. Teaching 7IV. Administration 7V. Awards and Recognition 9VI. The Woman 9Literature Cited 10Selected Publications of Molly M. Jahn 10Germplasm Releases and Patents 162. History, Evolution, and Domestication of Brassica Crops 19Shyam Prakash, Xiao-Ming Wu, and S. R. BhatI. Introduction 21II. Archetypes and Evolution of Basic Genomes and Derived Allopolyploids 25III. Ethnobotany, Origin, and Domestication 36IV. Concluding Remarks 67Acknowledgments 70Literature Cited 713. Melon Landraces of India: Contributions and Importance 85Narinder P. S. Dhillon_, Antonio J. Monforte, Michel Pitrat, Sudhakar Pandey, Praveen Kumar Singh, Kathleen R. Reitsma, Jordi Garcia-Mas, Abhishek Sharma, and James D. McCreightI. Introduction 88II. First Contribution of Indian Melon Germplasm to the U.S. Melon Breeding Programs 90III. Useful Traits from Indian Melons 92IV. Genetic Diversity 120V. Melon Breeding 123VI. Future Role of Indian Melon Germplasm and Conclusions 130Acknowledgments 133Literature Cited 1334. Transgenic Vegetable Crops: Progress, Potentials, and Prospects 151João Silva Dias and Rodomiro OrtizI. World Vegetable Production 153II. Case for Transgenic Vegetables 154III. Case Studies 164IV. GM Vegetables and Integrated Pest Management 218V. Outlook 221Literature Cited 2245. Millets: Genetic and Genomic Resources 247Sangam Dwivedi, Hari Upadhyaya, Senapathy Senthilvel, Charles Hash, Kenji Fukunaga, Xiamin Diao, Dipak Santra, David Baltensperger, and Manoj PrasadI. Introduction 251II. Nutritional Quality and Food, Feed, Medicinal, and Other Uses 269III. Domestication, Phylogenetic, and Genomic Relationships 277IV. Assessing Patterns of Diversity in Germplasm Collections 284V. Identifying Germplasm with Beneficial Traits 300VI. Genomic Resources 316VII. Enhancing Use of Germplasm in Cultivar Development 321VIII. From Trait Genetics to Association Mapping to Cultivar Development Using Genomics 332IX. Conclusions and Future Prospects 344Acknowledgments 347Literature Cited 347Subject Index 377Cumulative Subject Index 379Cumulative Contributor Index 401 ??

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