Ornamental Crops

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Van Huylenbroeck, Johan (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Handbook of Plant Breeding, 11
• Θέματα: Plant breeding.; Plant genetics.; Plant physiology.; Plant anatomy.; Plant development.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Genetics and Genomics.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Anatomy/Development.

Ornamental plants are economically important worldwide. Both growers and consumers ask continuously for new, improved varieties. Although there are numerous ornamental species, ornamental plant breeding and plant breeding research is mainly limited to some major species. This book focuses on the rec...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. The Role of Biodiversity and Plant Conservation for Ornamental Breeding
• 2. The genetic basis of floral organ identity and its applications in ornamental plant breeding
• 3. Flower color and its engineering by genetic modification
• 4. Breeding and genetics for shelf and vase life
• 5. Breeding for Disease Resistance in Ornamentals
• 6. Plant Tissue Culture Techniques for Breeding
• 7. Ploidy breeding in ornamentals
• 8. Mutation Breeding in Ornamentals
• 9. New developments in molecular techniques for breeding in ornamentals
• 10. Alstroemeria
• 11. Azalea
• 12. Caladium
• 13. Calathea
• 14. Chrysanthemum
• 15. Dianthus
• 16. Fuchsia
• 7. Gerbera
• 18. Helleborus
• 19. Kalanchoë
• 20. Lilium
• 21. Limonium
• 22. Ornamental pepper
• 23. Phalaenopsis
• 24. Primula
• 25. Ranunculus
• 26. Rhododendron
• 27. Rose
• 28. Tulip
• 29. Woody ornamentals of the temperate zone.