The objective of this volume is to increase the utilization of useful genetic resources and to raise awareness of the value of plant breeding and biotechnology. These, it argues, should lead to more sustainable crop production and ultimately food security.

Agriculture depends on improved cultivars, and cultivars are developed with the aid of proper plant breeding. Unfortunately, applied plant breeding programs that focus on cereal commodity crops are under serious threat due to a lack of funding. This volume is designed to increase the use of helpful genetic resources and increase awareness of the value and impact of cereal breeding and biotechnology. This, in turn, should lead to more sustainable crop production and ultimately food security. All the major cereal cropsfrom maize to sorghum to riceare covered, with discussions of genetic diversity, breeding methods and techniques, integration of new biotechnologies, and seed production in each chapter.

Presents all the major cereal crops from maize to sorghum to rice Includes discussions of the genetic diversity, breeding methods and techniques, integration of new biotechnologies and seed production in each chapter Of great interest to students and scientists alike A unique, new, and exciting contribution to the field of cereal breeding Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Marcelo Carena is Associate Professor from the Department of Plant Sciences at the North Dakota State University (NDSU), Fargo, ND, USA. Since 1999, Dr. Carena is the Director of the NDSU Corn Breeding and Genetics Program, the most northern public corn research program in North America focused on increasing genetic diversity, drought tolerance, and grain quality in early maturing maize. He teaches Quantitative Genetics and Crop Breeding Techniques at NDSU. Prof. Carena is currently Editor of Euphytica and Maydica, and Chair of the Crop Science Society of America Maize Registration Committee. Dr. Carena has trained five Ph.D. and eight MS students, two Visiting Scientists, and several interns over the past 10 years. In the same time, he has released eight early maturing corn inbred lines, has released four improved early maturing populations, and has published over 50 scientific papers, abstracts, book chapters, and editions on corn breeding and genetics.

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Cereal Crop Breeding.- Maize.- Rice Breeding.- Spring Wheat Breeding.- Rye (Secale cereale L.).- Grain Sorghum.- Durum Wheat Breeding.- Barley.- Winter and Specialty Wheat.- Triticale: A New Crop with Old Challenges.- Adding Value to Breeding.- Statistical Analyses of Genotype by Environment Data.- Breeding for Grain Quality Traits.- Breeding for Silage Quality Traits.- Participatory Plant Breeding.