North American Crop Wild Relatives, Volume 2 Important Species /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Greene, Stephanie L. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Williams, Karen A. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Khoury, Colin K. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kantar, Michael B. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Marek, Laura F. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Agriculture.; Plant breeding.; Plant ecology.; Nature conservation.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Ecology.; Nature Conservation.

The plant species that humans rely upon have an extended family of wild counterparts that are an important source of genetic diversity used to breed productive crops. These wild and weedy cousins are valuable as a resource for adapting our food, forage, industrial and other crops to climate change....

Table of Contents:

• Wild Relatives Of Maize
• North American Wild Relatives of Grain Crops
• Wildrice (Zizania L.) in North America: Genetic resources, conservation and use
• Wild beans (Phaseolus L.) of North America
• Wild Lactuca Species in North America
• Pumpkins, squashes, and gourds (Cucurbita L.) of North America
• Wild Chile Pepper (Capsicum L.) of North America
• Crop Wild Relatives of Root Vegetables in North America
• North American crop wild relatives of temperate berries (Fragaria L., Ribes L., Rubus L., and Vaccinium L.)
• Crop Wild Relatives of Grape (Vitis vinifera L.) throughout North America
• Temperate Tree Fruits of North America: Malus Mill., Prunus L., Diospyros L., and Asimina Adans.
• Crop Wild Relatives of Avocado, Mamey Sapote and Cherimoya
• Temperate nut crops - chestnut, hazelnut, pecan, pistachio, and walnut
• Crop Wild Relatives of Sunflower in North America
• Wild Genetic Resources of Minor Oil and Rubber Crops
• Fiber crops: Cotton and Hesperaloe
• Native Grass Species for Forage and Turf
• Herbaceous Ornamentals
• Species for medicinal and social use with an emphasis on Theobroma cacao L. (cacao), Nicotiana tabacum L. (tobacco), Actaea racemosa L. (black cohosh), Humulus lupulus L. (Hops)
• Conservation and Use of the North American Plant Cornucopia: The Way Forward
• Appendix.