Includes bibliographical references and index.

Organic crop breeding: integrating organic agricultural approaches and traditional and modern plant breeding methods / Edith T. Lammerts van Bueren and James R. Myers -- Nutrient management in organic farming and consequences for direct and indirect selection strategies / Monika Messmer ... [et al.] -- Pest and disease management in organic farming: implications and inspirations for plant breeding / Thomas F. Doring ... [et al.] -- Approaches to breed for improved weed suppression in organically grown cereals / Steve P. Hoad ... [et al.] -- Breeding for genetically diverse populations: variety mixtures and evolutionary populations / Julie C. Dawson and Isabelle Goldringer -- Centralized or decentralized breeding: the potentials of participatory approaches for low-input and organic agriculture / Dominique Desclaux ... [et al.] -- Values and principles in organic farming and consequences for breeding approaches and techniques / Klaus P. Wilbois, Maaike Raaijmakers, and Edith T. Lammerts van Bueren -- Plant breeding, variety release and seed commercialisation: laws and policies applied to the organic sector / Véronique Chable ... [et al.] -- Wheat: breeding for organic farming systems / Matt Arterburn, Kevin Murphy, and Steve S. Jones -- Maize: breeding and field testing for organic farmers / Walter A. Goldstein ... [et al.] -- Rice: crop breeding using farmer led participatory plant breeding / Charito P. Mendina -- Soybean: breeding for organic farming systems / Johann Vollmann and Michelle Menken -- Faba bean: breeding for organic farming systems / Wolfgang Link and Lamiae Ghaouti -- Potato: perspectives to breed for an organic crop ideotype / Marjolein Tiemens-Hulscher, Edith. T. Lammerts van Bueren, and Ronald C.B. Hutten -- Tomato: breeding for improved disease resistance in fresh market and home garden varieties / Bernd Horneburg and James R. Myers -- Brassicas: breeding cole crops for organic agriculture / James R. Myers, Laurie McKenzie, and Roeland E. Voorrips -- Onion: breeding onions for low-input and organic agriculture / Olga E. Scholten and Thomas W. Kuyper.