Acknowledgement
Preface
Chapter 1 Essential principles of molecular marker and quantitative trait loci associations
Chapter 2 Method development for identifying functional markers in the soybean genome
Chapter 3 Map development and marker-assisted selection for oligogenic and polygeneic traits
Chapter 4 QTL analysis of fungal disease resistance
Chapter 5 Identification ofloci for resistance to insects and nematodes,
Chapter 6 QTL analysis for seed quality traits
Chapter 7 Seed yield and component trait loci
Chapter 8 Loci underlying soil edaphic, physiological and developmental traits
Chapter 9 Dynamic QTL analysis of major quantitative traits
Chapter 10 Molecular mapping and breeding for biotic stress resistance
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