Breeding Plantation Tree Crops: Tropical Species

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Jain, S. Mohan (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Priyadarshan, P. M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant genetics.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.

Tree species, spread across a wide range of genera, are indispensible to human life. Their breeding, poised to satisfy human needs, presents significant challenges. Tree crops face a variety of agronomic and horticultural problems in propagation, yield, appearance, quality, diseases and pest control...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Fruit and Nut Crops
• Genetic Improvement of Banana
• Mango Breeding
• Breeding Guava (Psidium guajava L.)
• Breeding Papaya (Carica papaya L.)
• Grape Breeding
• Breeding Date Palm
• Litchi Breeding for Genetic Improvement
• Avocado Genetics and Breeding
• Cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) Breeding: A Global Perspective
• Oil Crops
• Coconut Breeding
• Opportunities for the Oil Palm via Breeding and Biotechnology
• Olive Breeding
• Industrial Crops
• Breeding Hevea Rubber
• Beverages
• Breeding Coffee (Coffea arabica) for Sustainable Production
• Tea Breeding
• Genetic Improvement in Cocoa.