Quantitative Genetics and Breeding Methods: the Way Ahead

This book is a collection of the lectures given at the 11th meeting of the Eucarpia section "Biometrics in Plant Breeding". They deal with the contribution of quantitative genetics to our understanding of the genetic variation of complex traits, new trends in quantitative genetics, quantitative genetics and breeding methods, marker-assisted selection and the role of quantitative genetics in the management of genetic resources. Readership: scientists, teachers and students at the university level, plant breeders.