Plant Breeding Reviews: Volume 10

Part of a series which presents papers of topical interest relating to the breeding of plants important to agriculture and horticulture. Content:
Chapter 1 Dedication: Ernest Robert Sears (1910–1991) Geneticist par Excellence, Cytogeneticist Extraordinaire, and a Good Man (pages 1–22): George P. Redei
Chapter 2 Molecular Biology of Cytoplasmic Male Sterility (pages 23–51): Mark E. Williams and Charles S. Levings
Chapter 3 Plant Metabolism and Heterosis (pages 53–91): David Rhodes, Grace C. Ju, Wen Ju Yang and Yiannis Samaras
Chapter 4 Lethal Equivalents and Genetic Load (pages 93–127): Neil O. Anderson, Peter D. Ascher and Richard E. Widmer
Chapter 5 Breeding for Heat Tolerance (pages 129–168): Anthony E. Hall
Chapter 6 Chromosome Manipulations and Genetic Analysis in Medicago (pages 169–197): T. J. McCoy and C. S. Echt
Chapter 7 Common Bean Improvement in the Tropics (pages 199–269): Shree P. Singh
Chapter 8 Breeding Cold Hardy Peaches and Nectarines (pages 271–308): Richard E. C. Layne
Chapter 9 Genetic Resistance in the Cucurbitaceae to Insects and Spider Mites (pages 309–360): R. W. Robinson