| Preface | |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Norwegian plant production and its challenges | p. 3 |
| Adaptation, variation and selection in marginal areas | p. 13 |
| Some consequences of adaptation to extreme environments | p. 21 |
| Collecting and evaluating genetic resources of fodder plants from subalpine and alpine permanent grassland | p. 35 |
| Potential for improving adaptation of Lolium perenne L. to continental climates in Norway | p. 47 |
| Winter hardiness in marginal populations of timothy | p. 61 |
| Investigation of the adaptability of legumes in the Hungarian climate | p. 69 |
| Variation within improved cultivars and landraces of lucerne in Central Italy | p. 81 |
| Genetic variation and population structure of Trifolium fragiferum L. in various environmental conditions | p. 89 |
| Factor regression analysis of natural populations of ryegrass | p. 90 |
| Deschampsia caespitosa L. - proposal for lawn in shade conditions | p. 92 |
| Thuringian mallow (Lavatera thuringiaca L.) - an alternative crop for marginal conditions and wasted lands | p. 93 |
| Evaluating genetic resources of red clover in marginal growing conditions | p. 95 |
| Genetic resources of oil and fodder plants in the genebank station Malchow/Poel | p. 97 |
| Specific adaptation and breeding for marginal conditions | p. 101 |
| Cooperative breeding for the northern marginal areas | p. 129 |
| Breeding of amenity grasses adapted to marginal conditions | p. 143 |
| Breeding winter hardy grasses | p. 149 |
| Breeding white clover for tolerance to low temperature and grazing stress | p. 159 |
| Selection for improved adaptation of white clover to low phosphorus and acid soils | p. 167 |
| Early test to determine the effectiveness of selection made for resistance for frequent cutting and persistence ability of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) | p. 179 |
| The seed yielding ability of synthetic populations (syn-1, syn-2) of alfalfa (Medicago media Pers) in climatic conditions of Poland | p. 181 |
| Prediction of seed yield value of syn-2 on the basis of seed yielding of syn-1 of synthetic populations of alfalfa (Medicago media Pers) | p. 183 |
| Differences between forage grass and lawn grass breeding | p. 185 |
| Phenotypic recurrent selection for frequent cutting regimes in lucerne: results on forage yield and quality | p. 187 |
| Genotype-environment interactions of some early maturing barley lines grown at extreme high-latitude locations | p. 189 |
| Stability of quality traits in fodder cereals | p. 191 |
| Selection for fodder yield and quality among populations of white clover | p. 193 |
| The role of the early cutting regime in the lucerne nutritive value improvement: fibre and crude protein content | p. 195 |
| Improvement of snow mould resistance by conventional and in vitro techniques | p. 199 |
| Development of procedures to identify red clover resistant to Sclerotinia trifoliorum | p. 207 |
| Cold hardening - a physiological mechanism for resisting biotic as well as abiotic stress factors | p. 213 |
| Morphological and biochemical variation in Sardinian populations of Medicago polymorpha L. suitable for rainfed mediterranean conditions | p. 223 |
| The role of flowering intensity in adapting perennial ryegrass to different production systems | p. 233 |
| Characterization of different potato idiotypes in response to drought stress | p. 235 |
| Selection for snow mould resistance of Lolium at a high altitude site | p. 237 |
| Straw quality of barley in the dry areas of North Syria - from a breeder's point of view | p. 239 |
| Morphological adaptation to drought of different populations of Lolium perenne L. | p. 241 |
| Comparison of agronomic and quality traits of naked and hulled oats | p. 243 |
| The effect of water stress during flowering on seed yield of subterranean clover: variation among strains and influence of flowering pattern | p. 245 |
| Genetic markers and the selection of quantitative traits in forage grasses | p. 249 |
| Genetic control of frost tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) | p. 261 |
| Assessing success in gene transfer between Lolium multiflorum and Festuca arundinacea | p. 273 |
| Detection of RAPD markers linked to crown rust tolerance in Lolium multiflorum L. | p. 285 |
| Hybrid breeding by means of incompatibility in Lolium multiflorum | p. 287 |
| Linkage relationships of isozyme markers and incompatibility genes in Lolium | p. 289 |
| Seedling vigour, agronomic traits, and isozyme markers in backcrosses Lolium perenne x Festuca spp | p. 291 |
| Leaf growth genetic variability among various polyploid ryegrass x fescue hybrids involving Festuca arundinacea var. glaucescens | p. 293 |
| The value of interspecific hybridization in breeding for improved tolerance of climatic stress | p. 295 |
| Possible gene models explaining androgenetic response in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) | p. 297 |
| Potential of tetraploid x Festulolium (Festuca pratensis x Lolium multiflorum) | p. 299 |
| In vitro approach to production of Lolium-Festuca amphiploids | p. 301 |
| Characterization of cocksfoot mottle virus (CFMV) | p. 305 |
| In vitro embryo specifically expressed transcripts in Poaceae isolated from barley | p. 306 |
| Genetic variation in resistance to cocksfoot mottle virus in cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata L.) | p. 308 |
| In vitro minibeet induction system in sugarbeet and redbeet (Beta vulgaris L.) | p. 311 |
| Workshop reports | p. 313 |
| Report of Workshop I: Why should we breed for marginal conditions? | p. 315 |
| Report of Workshop II: Specific versus general adaptation - What should be the breeding strategies for marginal conditions? | p. 319 |
| Report of Workshop III: Can high quality and adaptation to stress environments be combined? | p. 321 |
| List of participants | p. 325 |
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