This book fully integrates the conventional and biotechnological approaches to fruit crop breeding. Individual chapters are written on a wide variety of species including apple, apricot, blackberry, blueberry, cranberry, cherry, currant, gooseberry, grape, kiwifruit, peach, pear, plum, raspberry and strawberry. For each crop, there is a discussion of their taxonomy and evolution, history of improvement, crossing techniques, evaluation methods, heritability of major traits and germplasm resources, along with the most recent advances in genetic mapping and QTL (quantitative trait loci) analysis, marker assisted breeding, gene cloning, gene expression analysis, regeneration and transformation. Patenting and licensing issues are also covered. Complete marriage of conventional and biotechnological approaches to fruit breeding Coverage of all major fruit crops in one volume INDICE: Preface.- 1. Apples; J.F. Hancock, J.J. Luby, S.K. Brown and G.A. Lobos.- 2. Apricots; C.A. Ledbetter.- 3. Blackberries; C.E. Finn.- 4. Blueberries and cranberries; J.F. Hancock, P. Lyrene, C.E. Finn, N. Vorsa and G.A. Lobos.- 5. Cherries; A.E. Iezzoni.- 6. Currants and Gooseberries; R.M. Brennan.- 7. Grapes; C.L. Owen.- 8. Kiwifruit; A.R. Ferguson and A.G. Seal.- 9. Peaches;J.F. Hancock, R. Scorza and G.A. Lobos.- 10. Pears; J.F. Hancock and G.A. Lobos.- 11. Plums; W.R. Okie and J.F. Hancock.- 12. Raspberry; C.E. Finn and J.F.Hancock.- 13. Strawberry; J.F. Hancock, T.M. Sjulin and G.A. Lobos.- 14. Intellectual property rights for fruit crops; J.R. Clark and R.J. Jondle.
- ISBN: 978-1-4020-6906-2
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 465
- Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés