Tree species are indispensable to human needs. Due to their long life cycle and environmental sensitivity, breeding trees for sustainable production is a formidable challenge on order to meet the demands of growing human population and industries. Fruit crops such as apple, cocoa, mango, citrus, litchi, pear, dates, and coconut or industrial crops including rubber and tea, improving yield under the optimal, sub-optimal and marginal areas call for a unified worldwide efforts. While the uniqueness of coconut as ‘kalpavriksha’ (Sanskrit-meaning tree of life) makes its presence in every continent from Far East to South America, tree crops like cocoa, oil palm, rubber, apple, peach and walnut prove their environmental sensitivity towards tropical, sub tropical and temperateclimates. Date palm is quintessential for desert climate. Covers almost all tropical tree plantation crops Serves as a reference book for all users (researchers, teachers, students) Many chapters include biotechnology and molecular components, more like a package breeding and appropriate molecular techniques INDICE: Preface.- Fruit and nut crops: Genetic improvement of Banana.- Mango Breeding.- Breeding Guava (Psidium guajava L.).- Breeding Papaya (Carica papaya L.).- Grape Breeding.- Breeding Date Palm.- Litchi Breeding for Genetic Improvement.- Avocado Genetics and Breeding.- Cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) Breeding: A Global Perspective.- Oil crops: Coconut Breeding.- Oil Palm.- Olive Breeding.- Industrial Crops: Rubber.- Beverages: Breeding Coffee (Coffea arabica) for Sustainable Production.- Tea Breeding.- Genetic Improvement of Cocoa.- Index.
- ISBN: 978-0-387-71199-7
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 650
- Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés