Some litterature related to plant breeding

Below a few litterature references

- Allard RW. 1999 (2nd edition). Principles of plant breeding, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 264pp. ("The book “Principles of Plant Breeding” (1st edition 1960), by R. W. Allard, professor of genetics and of agronomy and range science, a book used worldwide as a university textbook as well as a guide for plant breeders.")

- Araus JL and Cairns JE. 2014. Field high-through phenotyping: the new crop breeding frontier. Trends in plant science, Vol.19, Issue 1, 52-61. ("New imaging and aerial technologies are converging to allow plant physiologists to bring the lab to the field, in full-scale outdoor breeding trials. These high-throughput phenotyping platforms (HTPPs) can open up the way for revolutionary programs to search for new varieties.")

- Gallais A.2011. Méthodes de création de variétés en amélioration des plantes. This book (in French) addresses the following questions: - what is a variety ?, - why and how can a variety be created ? The aim of this book is to answer these questions through a simple presentation of the most commonly used breeding methods, integrating two largely used tools haplodiploïdisation ams molecular markers.

- Noleppa S. 2016.The economic, social and environmental value of plant breeding in the European Union. HFFA Research paper, March 2016, 94pp. ("This study presents a strong qualitative and importantly, quantitative assessment of the effect plant breeding has had – not only relating to increased yield per se but also concerning the broader consequences relating to e.g. land use efficiency, more environmentally-friendly cultivation practices, facilitating product diversity to meet consumer demand, reducing manual labour requirements etc.")

- Repinski et al. 2011. Plant breeding graduate education: opinions about critical knowledge, experience, and skill requirements from public and private stakeholders worldwide. Crop Science, Vol.51, Nov-Dec 2011, 2325-2336 ("Plant breeders play a critical role in crop improvement, yet recent studies have shown that there may not be enough skilled breeders to meet current and future demands.")

- link for pdf file of book (in French) L'amélioration des Plantes Tropicales, 1997.  A Charrier, M Jacquot, S Hamon, D Nicolas (Cirad, Orstom)