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  title info:
    title: Flower Breeding and Genetics
    sub title: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century
  name:
    name part: Anderson, Neil O.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ne
    date issued: 2006
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XXVI, 822 p. online resource.
  abstract: Flowers are essential crops which beautify interiorscapes, outdoor landscapes and enhance human health. Floriculture is one of the fastest-growing sectors of commercial agriculture world-wide with many highly profitable crops. Such a diversity of new and domesticated flower crops is created by public and private sector flower breeders. This book provides a unique and valuable resource on the many issues and challenges facing flower breeders, as well as the industry at-large. In this volume, the first comprehensive assemblage of its kind, a team of 32 international authorities has contributed to make this book a ‘must-have’ reference to research and develop flower crops for the 21st century consumers. Part 1 of this book (flower breeding program issues) contains unique features of interest to horticultural professionals and students, include coverage of plant protection strategies, cultivar trialing methodology, germplasm collection/preservation, preventing invasiveness, and other timely topics. The collective body of knowledge for 24 flower crops (Part 2: Crop-specific Breeding and Genetics) represents the in-depth science and art of breeding technology available for bedding plants, flowering potted plants, cut flowers, and herbaceous perennials. Each author provides crop-specific history, evolution, biology, taxonomy, state-of-the-art breeding/genetics, classical/molecular technologies, species traits, interspecific hybridization, and directions for future development/enhancement.
  table of contents: Flower Breeding Program Issues -- Factors Affecting Flowering in Ornamental Plants -- Creation of New Floral Products -- Cultivar testing -- Protection -- Herbaceous Ornamental Plant Germplasm Conservation and Use -- Prevention of Invasiveness in Floricultural Crops -- Crop-specific Breeding & Genetics -- Ageratum -- Anagallis -- Begonia -- Impatiens -- Petunia -- Zinnia -- Cacti -- Chrysanthemum -- Crapemyrtle -- Cyclamen -- Hibiscus -- Lachenalia -- Lily -- Orchids -- Ornamental pepper -- Exacum -- Tulip -- Lisianthus -- Freesia -- Rose -- Star of Bethlehem -- Monarda, Bee-balm -- Clematis -- Coneflower.
  note: edited by Neil O. Anderson.
  subject:
    topic: Life sciences
  subject:
    topic: Agriculture
  subject:
    topic: Evolutionary biology
  subject:
    topic: Plant science
  subject:
    topic: Botany
  subject:
    topic: Plant genetics
  subject:
    topic: Science education
  subject:
    topic: Life Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Plant Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Plant Genetics & Genomics
  subject:
    topic: Agriculture
  subject:
    topic: Evolutionary Biology
  subject:
    topic: Science Education
  classification: QK1-989
  classification: 580
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      title: Springer eBooks
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