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14 Breeding for resistanceto diseases and insect pests
14.1 Selected definitions
14.2 Groups of pathogens and pests targeted by plant breeders
14.3 Biological and economic effects of plant pathogens and pests
14.4 Overview of the methods of control of plant pathogens and pests
14.5 Concepts of resistance in breeding
14.6 Concepts of pathogen and host
14.7 Mechanisms of defense in plants against pathogens and pests
14.8 Types of genetic host resistance and their breeding approaches
14.9 Resistance breeding strategies
14.10 Challenges of breeding for pest resistance
14.11 Role of wild germplasm in disease and pest resistance breeding
14.12 Screening techniques in disease and pest resistance breeding
14.13 Applications of biotechnology in pest resistance breeding
14.14 Epidemics and plant breeding
Key references and suggested reading
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15 Breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses
15.1 Importance of breeding for resistance to abiotic stresses
15.2 Resistance to abiotic stress and yield potential
15.3 Types of abiotic environmental stresses
15.4 Tolerance to stress or resistance to stress?
15.5 Screening for stress resistance
15.6 Drought stress
15.7 Breeding drought resistance
15.8 Approaches for breeding drought resistance
15.9 Cold stress
15.10 Mechanisms of resistance to low temperature
15.11 Selection for low‐temperature tolerance
15.12 Breeding for tolerance to low‐temperature stress
15.13 Salinity stress
15.14 Heat stress
15.15 Mineral toxicity stress
15.16 Mineral deficiency stress
15.17 Oxidative stress
15.18 Flood stress (waterlogging)
Key references and suggested reading
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11 Section 6: Selection methods 16 Breeding self‐pollinated species 16.1 Types of cultivars 16.2 Genetic structure of cultivars and its implications 16.3 Types of self‐pollinated cultivars 16.4 Common plant breeding notations 16.5 Mass selection 16.6 Pure‐line selection 16.7 Pedigree selection 16.8 Bulk population breeding 16.9 Single‐seed descent 16.10 Backcross breeding 16.11 Special backcross procedures 16.12 Multiline breeding and cultivar blends 16.13 Composites 16.14 Recurrent selection Key references and suggested reading Outcomes assessment 17 Breeding cross‐pollinated species 17.1 The concept of population improvement 17.2 Concept of recurrent selection 17.3 Genetic basis of recurrent selection 17.4 Types of recurrent selection 17.5 Intrapopulation improvement methods 17.6 Optimizing gain from selection in population improvement 17.7 Development of synthetic cultivars 17.8 Backcross breeding Key references and suggested reading Outcomes assessment 18 Breeding hybrid cultivars 18.1 What is a hybrid cultivar? 18.2 Brief historical perspective 18.3
