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Advances in marker-assisted breeding of tomatoes

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Tomato is one of the most important vegetable crops in the world. This chapter describes the process of marker development and how this can be used to improve tomato breeding. The chapter discusses...
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Tomato is one of the most important vegetable crops in the world. This chapter describes the process of marker development and how this can be used to improve tomato breeding. The chapter discusses the techniques of marker-assisted selection (MAS) and genomic selection (GS) to identify and exploit specific traits in tomato.
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Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Imprint: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Series: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Publication Date: 25 May 2017
ISBN: 9781838792824
Format: eBook
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture, Commercial horticulture, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Horticulture, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science, Botany and plant sciences, Sustainable agriculture, Agronomy and crop production
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1 Introduction 2 Marker development 3 Populations for mapping 4 Strategies for trait association and GWAS 5 Mapping targeted traits in tomato 6 Selection methods 7 MAS progress in tomato breeding 8 Current developments in tomato breeding 9 Conclusions and future trends 10 Where to look for further information 11 References