Fruit Breeding

Maria Luisa Badenes, David H. Byrne

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English

Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
16 January 2012

Plant reproduction & propagation; Agronomy & crop production

Series: Handbook of Plant Breeding

Fruit Breeding is the eighth volume in the Handbook of Plant Breeding series. Like the other volumes in the series, this volume presents information on the latest scientific information in applied plant breeding using the current advances in the field, from an efficient use of genetic resources to the impact of biotechnology in plant breeding. The majority of the volume showcases individual crops, complemented by sections dealing with important aspects of fruit breeding as trends, marketing and protection of new varieties, health benefits of fruits and new crops in the horizon. The book also features contributions from outstanding scientists for each crop species.

Maria Luisa Badenes

Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Valencia, Spain

David Byrne

Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

Edited by: Maria Luisa Badenes, David H. Byrne
Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2012
Volume: 8
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 51mm
Weight: 1.496kg
ISBN: 9781441907622
ISBN 10: 1441907629
Series: Handbook of Plant Breeding
Pages: 875
Publication Date: 16 January 2012
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Trends in Fruit Breeding.- Developing Fruit Cultivars with Enhanced Health Properties.- Intellectual Property Protection and Marketing of New Fruit Cultivars.- Emerging Fruit Crops.- Blackberry.- American Cranberry.- Grape.- Raspberry.- Strawberry.- Apple.- European Pear.- Apricot.- Cherry.- Peach.- Plum.- Citrus.- Persimmon.- Almond.- Chestnut.- Pecan.- Pistachio.- Walnut.

Reviews for Fruit Breeding

From the reviews: Fruit Breeding comprises reviews of the development of new varieties of commercial fruit species ... . Each chapter contains an introduction, a historical overview of crop origin and domestication, major breeding accomplishments, current goals and challenges, breeding methods and techniques, biotechnologies in use, and a detailed list of references cited. The chapters provide significant ... details and leave the reader with a clear picture of the current status and some future goals of the breeding of each fruit. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. (D. D. Archbold, Choice, Vol. 50 (1), September, 2012)