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Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources

Temperate Fruits

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Chittaranjan Kole

    1. Institute of Nutraceutical Research, Clemson University, Clemson, USA

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  • This 10-volume-work is the first comprehensive depiction of wild crops as a gold mine for breeding
  • With chapters authored by internationally reputed leading scientists, many of whom contributed to the development of novel concepts, strategies and tools of genetics, genomics and breeding
  • Richly illustrated work
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Cydonia

    • Richard L. Bell, José Manuel Leitão
    Pages 1-16

  3. Fragaria

    • Kim E. Hummer, Nahla Bassil, Wambui Njuguna
    Pages 17-44

  4. Malus

    • Alexander Ignatov, Anastasiya Bodishevskaya
    Pages 45-64

  5. Muscadiniana

    • Hemanth K. N. Vasanthaiah, Devarajan Thangadurai, Sheikh M. Basha, Digambar P. Biradar, Devaiah Kambiranda, Clifford Louime
    Pages 65-77

  6. Olea

    • E. Rugini, C. De Pace, P. Gutiérrez-Pesce, R. Muleo
    Pages 79-117

  7. Pistacia

    • J. I. Hormaza, A. Wünsch
    Pages 119-128

  8. Prunus

    • Daniel Potter
    Pages 129-145

  9. Pyrus

    • Richard L. Bell, Akihiro Itai
    Pages 147-177

  10. Rubus

    • J. Graham, M. Woodhead
    Pages 179-196

  11. Vaccinium

    • Guo-Qing Song, James F. Hancock
    Pages 197-221

  12. Vitis

    • Jaya R. Soneji, Madhugiri Nageswara-Rao
    Pages 223-239

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 241-247
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Wild crop relatives are now playing a significant part in the elucidation and improvement of the genomes of their cultivated counterparts. This work includes comprehensive examinations of the status, origin, distribution, morphology, cytology, genetic diversity and available genetic and genomic resources of numerous wild crop relatives, as well as of their evolution and phylogenetic relationship. Further topics include their role as model plants, genetic erosion and conservation efforts, and their domestication for the purposes of bioenergy, phytomedicines, nutraceuticals and phytoremediation. Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources comprises 10 volumes on Cereals, Millets and Grasses, Oilseeds, Legume Crops and Forages, Vegetables, Temperate Fruits, Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, Industrial Crops, Plantation and Ornamental Crops, and Forest Trees. It contains 125 chapters written by nearly 400 well-known authors from about 40 countries.

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“This book … is concerned with the potential utility of wild germplasm in temperate fruit crop improvement. … The use of wild relatives in breeding is an area of great interest and activity for many fruit breeders, especially with the assistance of molecular tools. … this volume provides an excellent source of information about the relevant species and how they might be utilised by breeders in the future. The production is of a high standard, with an extensive bibliography in each chapter.” (Rex Brennan, Experimental Agriculture, Vol. 48 (1), 2012)

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  • Institute of Nutraceutical Research, Clemson University, Clemson, USA

    Chittaranjan Kole

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