Biology of Hevea Rubber

• Main Author: Priyadarshan, P.M (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Trees.; Plant science.; Botany.; Biomaterials.; Life Sciences.; Tree Biology.; Plant Sciences.

In the second edition of this book, the origin, upkeep and latex harvest from the Hevea rubber tree are dealt with succinctly. New chapters have been included on Propagation Systems and Genetic Resources. The importance of Heterozygosis and Breeding is a new theme for the section on Breeding. A new...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Genesis and Development
• Plant Structure and Eco-physiology
• Propagation Systems
• Latex Production, Diagnosis and Harvest
• Genetic Resources
• Heterozygosis and Breeding
• Genetics of Traits
• Environmental constraints and adaptation to global changes
• Genotype-by-Environment Interactions.-Biotechnology
• Biological Constraints
• Genomics and Molecular Breeding
• Ancillary Income Generations.