Biotechnology and Plant Breeding includes critical discussions of the newest and most important applications of biotechnology in plant breeding, covering key topics such as biometry applied to molecular analysis of genetic diversity, genetically modified plants, and more. This work goes beyond recombinant DNA technology to bring together key information and references on new biotech tools for cultivar development, such as double-haploids, molecular markers, and genome-wide selection, among others.

Biotechnology Applied to Plant Breeding 1. Plant Breeding and Biotechnological Advances Aluízio Borém, Valdir Diola, and Roberto Fritsche-Neto 2. Molecular Markers Eveline Teixeira Caixeta, Luis Felipe Ventorim Ferrão, Eunize Maciel-Zambolim, and Laércio Zambolim 3. Biometrics Applied to Molecular Analysis in Genetic Diversity Cosme Damião Cruz, Caio Césio Salgado, and Leonardo Lopes Bhering 4. Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS) Marcos Deon Vilela de Resende, Fabyano Fonseca e Silva, and Márcio Fernando R. Resende Júnior 5. Genome-wide Selection (GWS) Marcos Deon Vilela de Resende, Fabyano Fonseca e Silva, and Márcio Fernando R. Resende Júnior 6. Genes Prospection Valdir Diola and Roberto Fritsche-Neto 7. Tissue Culture Applications for the Genetic Improvement of Plants Moacir Pasqual, Joyce Dória Rodrigues Soares, and Filipe Almendagna Rodrigues 8. Transgenic Plants Francisco Murilo Zerbini, Fábio Nascimento da Silva, Gloria Patricia Castillo Urquiza, and Marcos Fernando Basso 9. Double Haploids Roberto Fritsche-Neto, Deoclecio Domingos Garbuglio, Aluízio Borém 10. Tools for the Future Breeder Valdir Diola , Aluízio Borém, and Natália Arruda Sanglard