Quantitative Traits Breeding for Multifunctional Grasslands and Turf

This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Preface.- Part 1. Introduction. 1. Forage and grasslands in a sustainable agriculture: new challenges for breeding; Christian Huyghe, Charles Brummer.- 2. Agriculture, forage crops and grasslands in Serbia: production and breeding; Dejan Sokolovi¿ et al.- Part 2. Genetic diversity among and within species. 3. Ex situ conservation of genetic resources of forage and turf species in the IPK Gene bank at Malchow; Evelin Willner, K.J. Dehmer.- 4. Genetic response to climate scenarios in Dactylis and Festuca of temperate vs Mediterranean origin; Mark Ghesquière et al.- 5. Monitoring of vegetation changes in selected sinkholes in the Moravian karst, Czech Republic; Tomá Vymyslický, Zden¿k Musil.- 6. Evaluation of a diverse collection of red clover germplasm for susceptibility to clover rot (Sclerotinia trifoliorum) and other important traits; Tim Vleugels et al.- 7. Variability of alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum L.) natural populations from Serbia; Mirjana Petrovi¿ et al.- 8. Characterization of some local populations of Medicago minima collected in the Central Steppe of Algeria; Abderrezak Chebouti et al.- 9. Genetic variability of the most important traits in meadow fescue accessions; Sneana Babi¿ et al.- 10. Morphological variation between perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) natural ecotypes; Vilma Kemeyt¿ et al.- 11. Variability of selected traits in the Czech alfalfa core collection; Jan Pelikán et al.- 12. Influence of management and habitat on genotypic and phenotypic diversity of Dactylis glomerata; Luisa Last et al.- 13. The utilisation of wild Fabaceae species in grasslands; Daniela Knotová et al.- 14. Assessment of susceptibility of different alfalfa genotypes to Colletotrichum destructivum; Tanja Vasi¿ et al.- 15. TheCzech core collection of Medicago spp.; Tomá Vymyslický et al.- Part 3. Practical breeding of fodder crops. 16. Variation in cell wall digestibility of perennial ryegrass at heading stage; Frederik van Parijs et al.- 17. Factors influencing animal preference of tall fescue genotypes; Mathias Cougnon et al.- 18. Fair evaluation of yield potential in forage species evaluation; Ulf Feuerstein, Anita Swieter.- 19. Patterns of morphophysiological diversity and their implications for selection of grazing-tolerant Lucerne; Luciano Pecetti et al.- 20. Combining abilities of different alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) varieties; Jasmina Radovic et al.- 21. Towards productive summer dormant cocksfoot for Mediterranean climates; Philippe Barre et al.- 22. Potential of some neglected European annual legume crops for forage production; Aleksandar Miki¿, V. Mihailovi¿.- 23. New insights into alfalfa forage quality through the research project Qual&Medica; Marilena Paolini et al.- 24. Certain aspects of breeding forage brassicas; Aleksandar Miki¿ et al.- 25. Evaluation of dormancy and winter hardiness of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) experimental lines, obtained by crossing parental lines characterized within the framework of the PERMED project; Valentina Nanni et al.- 26. Breeding perennial ryegrass with enhanced water soluble carbohydrate content; An Ghesquiere, J. Baert.- 27. Resistance of perennial ryegrass to crown and stem rust under field and greenhouse conditions; Radek Machá¿, Bohumir Caga.- 28. Ideotypes of forage pea (Pisum sativum) cultivars; Vojislav Mihailovi¿, A. Miki¿.- Part 4. Turf grass breeding. 29. Recent achievements in breeding for turf quality under biotic and abiotic stress; Trygve Aamlid, Vinsent Gensollen.- 30. Evaluation of grass species cultivars and mixturesfor use in high quality lawn tennis courts; Andy Newell.- Part 5. New biotechnology methods in sustainable breeding: strategies and implementation. 31. Characterisation of genetic diversity for resistance and quality traits using molecular tools; Hilde Muylle et al.- 32. Genome sequencing of model and forage legume species: consequences for genetic studies; Bernadette Julier.…