Raspberry Breeding, Challenges and Advances /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Graham, Julie (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Brennan, Rex (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Plant genetics.; Plant breeding.; Plant pathology.; Plant anatomy.; Plant development.; Plant physiology.; Plant Genetics and Genomics.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Pathology.; Plant Anatomy/Development.; Plant Physiology.

Raspberry is a globally-significant soft fruit crop, with increasing interest to consumers due to its versatility and health-related constituents. In this background context, it is therefore timely to consider the present and future status of the raspberry crop, particularly with the advances in the...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction to the Rubus genus: Julie Graham and Rex Brennan
• 2. Advances in raspberry breeding: Nikki Jenning
• 3. What we know about heat stress in Rubus: Gina E. Fernandez, Ramon Molina Bravo and Fumiomi Takeda
• 4.Pathogens in raspberry and other Rubus spp.: Alison Dolan, Nikki Jennings and Stuart McFarlane
• 5. An agroecological approach for weed, pest and disease management in Rubus plantations: Carolyn Mitchell, Cathy Hawes, Pete Iannetta, A. Nicholas E. Birch, Gra-ham Begg, Alison Karley
• 6. Pathogen testing requirements for raspberry material entering the EU certi-fication scheme: Alison Dolan
• 7. Raspberry Fruit Chemistry in Relation to Fruit Quality and Human Nutri-tion: Robert D. Hancock, Antonios Petridis and Gordon J. McDougall
• 8. QTL mapping and other omics technologies: Susan McCallum, Craig Simpson and Julie Graham
• 9. High throughput phenotyping: Dominic Williams, Hamlyn Jones, Matt Aitkenhead, Ali Karley, Julie Graham.