Plants have been successfully selectively bred for thousands of years, culminating in incredible yields, quality, and pest resistance and so on that we see in our modern day crops and ornamental plants. In recent years the techniques used have been rapidly advanced and refined to include molecular, cell and genetic techniques. An Introduction to Plant Breeding has been carefully compiled by the authors, who have between them many years’ experience as plant breeders, and as teachers on undergraduate and postgraduate courses in plant breeders, and as teachers on undergraduate and postgraduate course in plant sciences and plant breeding. Each chapter is carefully laid out in a student friendly way and includes questions for the reader. The book is essential reading for all those studying, teaching and researching plant breeding. This important publication provides comprehensive coverage of the whole are of plant breeding. Subjects covered include: modes of reproduction in plants,...