Plant Breeding Reviews: Volume 37

Contents

1. Bikram Gill: Cytogeneticist and Wheat Man - 1

2. Synthetic Hexaploids: Harnessing Species of the Primary Gene Pool for Wheat Improvement - 35

3. Breeding Early and Extra-Early Maize for Resistance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in Sub-Saharan Africa - 123

4. Almond Breeding - 207

5. Breeding Loquat - 259

6. Prognostic Breeding: A New Paradigm for Crop Improvement - 297Content:
Chapter 1 Bikram Gill: Cytogeneticist and Wheat Man (pages 1–34): W. John Raupp and Bernd Friebe
Chapter 2 Synthetic Hexaploids: Harnessing Species of the Primary Gene Pool for Wheat Improvement (pages 35–122): Francis C. Ogbonnaya, Osman Abdalla, Abdul Mujeeb-Kazi, Alvina G. Kazi, Steven S. Xu, Nick Gosman, Evans S. Lagudah, David Bonnett, Mark E. Sorrells and Hisashi Tsujimoto
Chapter 3 Breeding Early and Extra-Early Maize for Resistance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in Sub-Saharan Africa (pages 123–205): B. Badu-Apraku and M. A. B. Fakorede
Chapter 4 Almond Breeding (pages 207–258): Thomas M. Gradziel and Pedro Martinez-Gomez
Chapter 5 Breeding Loquat (pages 259–296): Maria L. Badenes, Jules Janick, Shunquan Lin, Zhike Zhang, Guolu L. Liang and Weixing Wang
Chapter 6 Prognostic Breeding: A New Paradigm for Crop Improvement (pages 297–347): Vasilia A. Fasoula