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Chapter 5 Genetic Analysis of Apomixis - cimmyt

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Contentsiii Contentsviii Tablesix Figuresx Acknowledgmentsxi ForewordCHAPTER 1. FEEDING THE WORLD IN THE 21sT CENTURY: PLANT BREEDING, BIOTECHNOLOGY,AND THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF ApOMIXIS(GARY H. TOENNIESSEN)1 Population Projections2 Plant Breeding3 Biotechnology6 Potential Role <strong>of</strong> <strong>Apomixis</strong>7 ReferencesCHAPTER 2.ApOMIXIS AND THE MANAGEMENT OF GENETIC DIVERSITYOULIEN BERTHAUD)8 Introduction9 Progeny <strong>of</strong> Apomictic Plants11 Diversity in Wild Apomictic Populations12 Ploidy Cycles and Organization Of Agamic Complexes12 Taraxacum and Parthenium Agamic Complexes (Asteraceae)13 Capillipedium-Dichanthium-Bothriochloa Agamic Complex (Poaceae)13 Panicum maximum Agamic Complex (Poaceae)14 Paspalum Agamic Complex (Poaceae)14 Tripsacum Agamic Complex (Poaceae)16 Cycles and Sexuality16 Management <strong>of</strong> Apomictic Varieties17 Transfer <strong>of</strong> <strong>Apomixis</strong> Gene(s) and Evolution <strong>of</strong> Landraces20 2n + n Progeny20 Relationship between Wild Relatives and Apomictic Varieties21 Promoting <strong>Genetic</strong> Diversity and Release <strong>of</strong> Apomictic Varieties22 ReferencesCHAPTER 3. CLASSIFICATION OF ApOMICTIC MECHANISMS(CHARLES F. CRANE)24 Introduction24 Types <strong>of</strong> Gametophytic <strong>Apomixis</strong>25 Nine Types <strong>of</strong> Embryo-Sac Development25 1) The Allium odorum-type25 2) The Taraxacum-type26 3) The Ixeris-type26 4) The Blumea-type26 5) The Elyrnus rectisetus-type26 6) The Antennaria-type26 7) The Hieracium-type26 8) The Eragrostis-type26 9) The Panicum-type27 Subsequent Steps <strong>of</strong> Development27 1) Embryos28 2) Endosperms28 Alternative Classifications29 Developmental Interpretation29 Meiotic Development <strong>of</strong> Megagametophytes30 Ameiotic Developments <strong>of</strong> Megagametophytes31 Subsequent Steps <strong>of</strong> Development

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