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<b>List of Contributors.</b> <p><b>1. Dedication: Stanley J. Peloquin.</b></p> <p><b>Potato Geneticist and Cytogeneticist</b> (<i>Rodomiro Ortiz, Luigi Frusciante, and Domenico Carputo</i>).</p> <p><b>2. Politics of Plant Breeding</b> (<i>Cary Fowler and Richard L. Lower</i>).</p> <p>I. Introduction.</p> <p>II. Germplasm, Plant Breeding, and the Fight for Rights.</p> <p>III. The Debate Over Biotechnology.</p> <p>IV. Plant Breeders’ Choices.</p> <p>Literature Cited.</p> <p><b>3. Doubled Haploids in Genetics and Plant Breeding</b> (<i>Brian P. Forster and William T. B. Thomas</i>).</p> <p>I. Introduction.</p> <p>II. Doubled Haploid Technology.</p> <p>III. Doubled Haploid Populations in Genetics.</p> <p>IV. Doubled Haploids in Breeding.</p> <p>V. Prospects.</p> <p>Literature Cited.</p> <p><b>4. Biochemistry and Genetics of Flower Color</b> (<i>R. J. Griesbach</i>).</p> <p>I. Introduction.</p> <p>II. Flavonoid Chemistry.</p> <p>III. Anthocyanin Biosynthesis.</p> <p>IV. Mendelian Inheritance.</p> <p>V. Transgene Technology.</p> <p>Literature Cited.</p> <p><b>5. The Influence of Mitochondrial Genetics on Crop Breeding Strategies</b> (<i>Sally A. Mackenzie</i>).</p> <p>I. Introduction.</p> <p>II. Structure of the Mitochondrial Genome in Plants.</p> <p>III. Cytoplasmic Male Sterility.</p> <p>IV. Occurrence and Developmental Implications of Nuclear-Cytoplasmic Incompatibility.</p> <p>V. Some Implications of Cytoplasmic Genetics for the Plant Breeder.</p> <p>Literature Cited.</p> <p><b>6. Genetic and Cytoplasmic-Nuclear Male Sterility in Sorghum</b> (<i>Belum V. S. Reddy, S. Ramesh, and Rodomiro Ortiz</i>).</p> <p>I. Introduction.</p> <p>II. Genetic Male Sterility (GMS).</p> <p>III. Cytoplasmic-Nuclear Male Sterility (CMS).</p> <p>IV. Molecular Characterization of Cytoplasms.</p> <p>V. DNA Polymorphism and Mapping Restorer Genes.</p> <p>VI. Factors Influencing CMS Systems Use.</p> <p>VII. Diversification of CMS Systems.</p> <p>VIII. Heterosis and Hybrid Development.</p> <p>IX. Conclusion.</p> <p>Literature Cited.</p> <p><b>7. Improving Drought Tolerance in Maize</b> (<i>T. Barker, H. Campos, M. Cooper, D. Dolan, G. Edmeades, J. Habben, J. Schussler, D. Wright, and C. Zinselmeier</i>).</p> <p>I. Introduction.</p> <p>II. Physiology of the Response of Maize Under Drought.</p> <p>III. Experimental Methods.</p> <p>IV. Applied Breeding Methods.</p> <p>V. Molecular Breeding.</p> <p>VI. Conclusions.</p> <p>Literature Cited.</p> <p><b>8. The Origins of Fruits, Fruit Growing, and Fruit Breeding</b> (<i>Jules Janick</i>).</p> <p>I. Introduction.</p> <p>II. The Horticultural Arts.</p> <p>III. Origin, Domestication, and Early Culture of Fruit Crops.</p> <p>IV. Genetic Changes and Cultural Factors in Domestication.</p> <p>Literature Cited.</p> <p><b>Subject Index.</b></p> <p><b>Cumulative Subject Index.</b></p> <p><b>Cumulative Contributor Index.</b></p>

<b>Jules Janick</b> is the James Troop Distinguished Professor of Horticulture at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN, USA.

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