Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources

Temperate Fruits

Buch | Softcover

XXII, 247 Seiten

2014 | 2011
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-44413-5 (ISBN)

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This comprehensive 10-volume work examines the status, origin, distribution, morphology, cytology, genetic diversity and available genetic and genomic resources of numerous wild crop relatives, as well as of their evolution and phylogenetic relationship.

Wild crop relatives are now playing a significant part in the elucidation and improvement of the genomes of their cultivated counterparts. This work includes comprehensive examinations of the status, origin, distribution, morphology, cytology, genetic diversity and available genetic and genomic resources of numerous wild crop relatives, as well as of their evolution and phylogenetic relationship. Further topics include their role as model plants, genetic erosion and conservation efforts, and their domestication for the purposes of bioenergy, phytomedicines, nutraceuticals and phytoremediation.Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources comprises 10 volumes on Cereals, Millets and Grasses, Oilseeds, Legume Crops and Forages, Vegetables, Temperate Fruits, Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, Industrial Crops, Plantation and Ornamental Crops, and Forest Trees. It contains 125 chapters written by nearly 400 well-known authors from about 40 countries.

Chittaranjan Kole is Professor of Genetics and Plant Breeding at Allahabad Agricultural Institute in India. He is currently Visiting Professor at Clemson University. He has over two decades of teaching and research experience in molecular biology and biotechnology

Cydonia, Fragaria, Malus, Muscadiniana, Olea, Pistacia, Prunus, Pyrus, Rubus, Vaccinium, Vitis.

From the reviews:

"This book ... is concerned with the potential utility of wild germplasm in temperate fruit crop improvement. ... The use of wild relatives in breeding is an area of great interest and activity for many fruit breeders, especially with the assistance of molecular tools. ... this volume provides an excellent source of information about the relevant species and how they might be utilised by breeders in the future. The production is of a high standard, with an extensive bibliography in each chapter." (Rex Brennan, Experimental Agriculture, Vol. 48 (1), 2012)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.10.2014
Zusatzinfo	XXII, 247 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	193 x 260 mm
Gewicht	579 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
Schlagworte	Genomics resources • Nutraceuticals • phytomedicine • Plant cultivation • Plant domestication
ISBN-10	3-642-44413-X / 364244413X
ISBN-13	978-3-642-44413-5 / 9783642444135
Zustand	Neuware