Contents

Contributors ix

1. Mark E. Sorrells: Plant Breeder, Geneticist,

Innovator, Mentor 1

2. Onion Breeding 39

3. Alternative Field Layouts of Experimental Designs for Plant Breeding 87

4. Advances in DNA Markers and Breeding for Warm and Cool Season Turfgrasses 119

5. Sugar Beet Breeding 167

6. The Importance of Cosmetic Stay Green in Specialty Crops 219

7. Quinoa Breeding and Genomics 257

8. Experimental and Bioinformatics Advances in Crop Genomics 321