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Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Fruits Volume 3 /

Plant breeders and geneticists are under constant pressure to sustain and expand food production by using innovative breeding strategies and introducing minor crops, which are well adapted to marginal lands, provide a source of nutrition, and have abiotic and biotic stress tolerance, to feed an ever...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Al-Khayri, Jameel. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Jain, Shri Mohan. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Johnson, Dennis V. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Subjects:
Agriculture.
Plant breeding.
Plant genetics.
Genetic engineering.
Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.
Plant Genetics and Genomics.
Genetic Engineering.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91944-7
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • List of Contributors
  • Part I. Temperate Fruits
  • 1. Apple (Malus spp.) Breeding: Present and Future; S. Pereira-Lorenzo et al
  • 2. Cherry Breeding: Sweet Cherry (Prunus avium L.) and Sour Cherry (Prunus cerasus L.); L. Dondini et al
  • 3. Mulberry (Morus spp.) Breeding for Higher Fruit Production; K. Vijayan et al
  • 4. Pear (Pyrus spp.) Breeding; G.J. da Silva et al
  • 5. Plum (Prunus spp.) Breeding; T. Milošević, N. Milošević
  • 6. Quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.) Breeding; S. Kafkas et al
  • Part II. Subtropical Fruits
  • 8. Cactus Pear (Opuntia spp.) Breeding; M.A. Mazri
  • 9. Improvement of Fig (Ficus carica L.) by Conventional Breeding and Biotechnology; F. Aljane et al
  • 10. Kiwifruit (Actinidia spp.) Breeding; Z. Hanley
  • 11. Citrus Genetics and Breeding; J. Cuenca et al
  • 12. Advanced Innovative Tools in Lemon (Citrus limon L.) Breeding; I. Polat
  • 13. Mandarin (Citrus reticulate Blanco) Breeding; M. Usman, B. Fatima
  • 14. Strategies for Olive (Olea eurpaea L.) Breeding: Cultivated Genetic Resources and Crossbreeding; L. Rallo et al
  • 15. Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) Breeding; D. Holland, I. Bar-Ya’akov
  • Part III. Tropical Fruits
  • 16. Genetics and Breeding of Fruit Crops in the Annonaceae Family: Annona spp. and Asimina spp.; J. Lora et al
  • 17. Breeding of Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.): The Tree of Life; Y. Yang et al
  • 18. Advances in Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Breeding; J.M. Al-Khayri et al
  • 19. Breeding of Garcinia spp.; H.N. Murthy et al
  • 20. Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Breeding; I.S.E. Bally, N.L. Dillon
  • 21. Genetic Improvement of Papaya (Carica papaya L.); F. Karambu Rimberia et al
  • 22. Passion Fruit (Passiflora spp.) Breeding; C.B. Moreno Cerquiera-Silva et al
  • 23. Genetics and Breeding of Fruit Crops in the Sapindaceae Family: Lychee (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) and Longan (Dimocarpus longan Lour.); J. Lora et al
  • Index.

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