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Heterosis

Reappraisal of Theory and Practice

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  • © 1983

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Editors:
  1. Rafael Frankel

    1. The Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Bet Dagan, Israel

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Part of the book series: Monographs on Theoretical and Applied Genetics (GENETICS, volume 6)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Biometrical Genetics of Heterosis

    • J. L. Jinks
    Pages 1-46

  3. Heterosis in Maize: Theory and Practice

    • G. F. Sprague
    Pages 47-70

  4. Heterosis and Hybrid Seed Production in Barley

    • R. T. Ramage
    Pages 71-93

  5. Hybrid Wheat

    • P. Wilson, C. J. Driscoll
    Pages 94-123

  6. Heterosis and Hybrid Seed Production in Fodder Grass

    • G. Kobabe
    Pages 124-137

  7. Heterosis in Vegetable Crops

    • O. H. Pearson
    Pages 138-188

  8. Heterosis in the Tomato

    • M. Yordanov
    Pages 189-219

  9. Heterosis and Hybrid Cultivars in Onions

    • B. D. Dowker, G. H. Gordon
    Pages 220-233

  10. Heterosis in Ornamentals

    • R. Reimann-Philipp
    Pages 234-259

  11. Heterosis and Intergenomic Complementation: Mitochondria, Chloroplast, and Nucleus

    • H. K. Srivastava
    Pages 260-286

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 287-292
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About this book

When trying to solicit authors for this book it became apparent that the causal factors for heterosis at the physiological and biochemical level are today almost as obscure as they were 30 years ago. Though biometrical-genetical analyses point to dispersion of complementary genes - not overdominance - as the major cause of the phenomenon, plant breeders' experience still suggests a cautious, pragmatic approach to the dominance-overdominance controversy in breeding hybrid cultivars. Thus we are faced with a striking discordance between our limited comprehension of the causal factors and mechanism of heter­ osis on the one hand, and the extensive agricultural practice of utiliza­ tion of hybrid vigor on the other. Such utilization is the result of the economic value of hybrid combinations displaying superior yields and qualities as well as stability of performance, of benefits derived in breeding programs, and of the enhanced varietal protection of proprietary rights. No comprehensive and critical analysis of the phenomenon of heterosis in economic plants has been published for the last three decades since the now classical book Heterosis, edited by J . W. Gowen (Iowa State College Press, Ames, Iowa, 1952). The present book attempts to fill the gap and to assess the status of our present knowl­ edge of the concept, the basis, the extent, and the application of heterosis in economic plants.

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Bet Dagan, Israel

    Rafael Frankel

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Heterosis

  • Book Subtitle: Reappraisal of Theory and Practice

  • Editors: Rafael Frankel

  • Series Title: Monographs on Theoretical and Applied Genetics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81977-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1983

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-81979-7Published: 14 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-81977-3Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0341-5376

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 292

  • Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Plant Sciences

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