J. Prohens – Handbook of Plant Breeding. Vegetables (2 Volume set)

Автор: J. Prohens
Название книги: Handbook of Plant Breeding. Vegetables (2 Volume set)
Формат: PDF
Жанр: Биологические науки
Страницы: 790
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

This first volume includes 12 chapters that deal with vegetables that belong to four families: Asteraceae or Compositae (chicory and endive, globe artichoke and cardoon, and lettuce), Brassicaceae or Cruciferae (cabbage, and cauliflower and broccoli), Chenopodiaceae (spinach and sugar beet) and Cucurbitaceae (cucumber, melon, pumpkin and winter squash, summer squash, and watermelon).
Chapters have been written by outstanding breeders with wide experience in the crop treated. Each chapter includes information on the origin and domestication, varietal groups, genetic resources, major breeding achievements and current goals of breeding, breeding methods and techniques, integration of the new biotechnologies in the breeding programmes, and the production of seed of specific crops.
Contents
Preface
Contributors
Family Asteraceae (=Compositae)
Chicory and Endive (Margherita Lucchin, Serena Varotto, Gianni Barcaccia, and Paolo Parrini)
Globe Artichoke and Cardoon (Sergio Lanteri and Ezio Portis)
Lettuce (Beiquan Mou)
Family Brassicaceae (=Cruciferae)
Cabbage and Kale (Amando Ordás and M. Elena Cartea)
Cauliflower and Broccoli (Ferdinando Branca)
Family Chenopodiaceae
Spinach (Teddy E. Morelock and James C. Correll)
Table Beet (Irwin L. Goldman and John P. Navazio)
Family Cucurbitaceae
Cucumber (Jack E. Staub, Matthew D. Robbins, and Todd C. Wehner)
Melon (Michel Pitrat)
Pumpkin and Winter Squash (María Ferriol and Belén Picó)
Summer Squash (Harry S. Paris)
Watermelon (Todd C. Wehner)
Index

This second volume includes 8 chapters that deal with vegetables that belong to four families: Fabaceae or Leguminosae (garden pea, and snap bean), Liliaceae (asparagus, and onion), Solanaceae (eggplant, pepper, and tomato) and Umbelliferae or Apiaceae (carrot).
Chapters have been written by outstanding breeders with wide experience in the crop treated. Each chapter includes information on the origin and domestication, varietal groups, genetic resources, major breeding achievements and current goals of breeding, breeding methods and techniques, integration of the new biotechnologies in the breeding programmes, and the production of seed of specific crops.
Contents
Preface
Contributors
Family Fabaceae (=Leguminosae)
Garden Pea (Mike Ambrose)
Snap Bean (Metaxia Koutsika-Sotiriou and Ekaterini Traka-Mavrona)
Family Liliaceae
Asparagus (Fernando López Anido and Enrique Cointry)
Onion (Masayoshi Shigyo and Chris Kik)
Family Solanaceae
Eggplant (Marie-Christine Daunay)
Pepper (Kevin M. Crosby)
Tomato (María José Díez and Fernando Nuez)
Family Umbelliferae (=Apiaceae)
Carrot (Philipp W. Simon, Roger E. Freeman, Jairo V. Vieira, Leonardo S. Boiteux, Mathilde Briard, Thomas Nothnagel, Barbara Michalik, and Young-Seok Kwon)