Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Nut and Beverage Crops

Volume 4
2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-23111-8
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 573 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1146 g

Provides current assessment of research and development with respect to advances in breeding of nut and industrial crops individually
Contains a comprehensive coverage of traditional breeding methodology and biotechnological approaches

Chapters are written by an assemblage of internationally reputed scientists ad illustrated with high quality figures and tabulated data

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Al-Khayri, Jameel M.

Johnson, Dennis V.

Jain, Shri Mohan

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenreproduktion, Verbreitung, Genetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.- About the Editors.- Contributors.- Part I. Nut Crops.- 1. Almond [Prunus dulcis (Miller) D.A. Webb] Breeding; Pedro J. Martínez-García et al.- 2. Genetic Diversity and Breeding of Argan Tree (Argania spinosa L. Skeels); Naima Ait Aabd et al.- 3. Brazil Nut (Bertholletia excels Bonpl.) Breeding; Aisy Botega Baldoni et al.- 4. Cashew Nut (Anacardium occidentale L.) Breeding Strategies; Suvalaxmi Palei et al.- 5. Chestnut (Castanea spp. Miller) Breeding; J. Hill Craddock, M. Taylor Perkins.- 6. Hazelnut (Corylus spp.) Breeding; Roberto Botta et al.- 7. Macadamia (Macadamia spp.) Breeding; Bruce L. Topp et al.- 8. Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Breeding; Saikat Gantait et al.- 9. Advances in Edible Pine Nut Trees (Pinus spp.) Breeding Strategies; Hanguo Zhang, Zhen Zhang.- 10. Pistachio (Pistacia spp.) Breeding; Abdollatif Sheikhi et al.- 11. Advances in Walnut (Juglans regia L.) Breeding Strategies; Kourosh Vahdati et al.- Part II. Beverage Crops.- 12. Genetic Resources and Breeding of Coffee (Coffeea spp.); Manoj K. Mishra.- 13. Advances in Tea [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze] Breeding; Mahasen A.B. Ranatunga.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Prof. Jameel M. Al-Khayriis a Professor of plant biotechnology affiliated with the Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia. He received B.S. in Biology in 1984 from the University of Toledo, M.S. in Agronomy in 1988, and Ph.D. in Plant Science in 1991 from the University of Arkansas.
Prof. Shri Mohan Jain is aConsultant and Plant Biotechnologist, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; received M. Phil, 1973 and Ph.D., 1978, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Prof. Dennis V. Johnson is aConsultant and Former University Professor. He is a graduate of the University of California Los Angeles where he completed his B.A. (1966), M.A. (1970) and Ph.D. (1972) degrees in geography, with specialization in agriculture and biogeography.