Genotype-environment interaction and stability analyses: an update.
Manjit S. Kang
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the importance of genotype environment interactions in plant and animal breeding. The role of plant breeders in identifying genes or QTLs conditioning resistance/tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses is discussed and the role of molecular biology (including molecular genetics, biochemistry and plant physiology)in breeding crop species and overcoming the constraints imposed on genotypes by their interaction with environmental factors are also pointed out.
Topics & Concepts
Abiotic componentBiologyGene–environment interactionGenotypeResistance (ecology)Abiotic stressGeneticsCropBiotechnologyMolecular breedingEvolutionary biologyEcologyGeneGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and AnimalsGenetics and Plant Breeding