Temperate Fruit Crop Breeding Germplasm to Genomics /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hancock, James F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant anatomy.; Plant development.; Plant genetics.; Life Sciences.; Life Sciences, general.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Anatomy/Development.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.

This book fully integrates the conventional and biotechnological approaches to fruit crop breeding. Individual chapters are written on a wide variety of species including apple, apricot, blackberry, blueberry, cranberry, cherry, currant, gooseberry, grape, kiwifruit, peach, pear, plum, raspberry and...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1. Apples; J.F. Hancock, J.J. Luby, S.K. Brown and G.A. Lobos
• 2. Apricots; C.A. Ledbetter
• 3. Blackberries; C.E. Finn
• 4. Blueberries and cranberries; J.F. Hancock, P. Lyrene, C.E. Finn, N. Vorsa and G.A. Lobos
• 5. Cherries; A.E. Iezzoni
• 6. Currants and Gooseberries; R.M. Brennan
• 7. Grapes; C.L. Owen
• 8. Kiwifruit; A.R. Ferguson and A.G. Seal
• 9. Peaches; J.F. Hancock, R. Scorza and G.A. Lobos
• 10. Pears; J.F. Hancock and G.A. Lobos
• 11. Plums; W.R. Okie and J.F. Hancock
• 12. Raspberry; C.E. Finn and J.F. Hancock
• 13. Strawberry; J.F. Hancock, T.M. Sjulin and G.A. Lobos
• 14. Intellectual property rights for fruit crops; J.R. Clark and R.J. Jondle.