Overview
- Reviews research advances in the genetic improvement of important nut and beverage crops
- Combines conventional plant breeding and biotechnological approaches for the improvement of individual crops
- Presents achievements and prospects of innovative molecular breeding tools
- Addresses germplasm conservation, development and utilization in reference to the global climate change
- Chapters are written by an assemblage of internationally reputed scientists ad illustrated with high quality figures and tabulated data
- Provides appendixes of available genetic resources and concerned research institutes worldwide
- Concepts are illustrated with high quality color photographs and diagrams
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Nut Crops
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Beverage Crops
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Prof. Shri Mohan Jain is a Consultant and Plant Biotechnologist, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; received M. Phil, 1973 and Ph.D., 1978, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Prof. Dennis V. Johnson is a Consultant and Former University Professor. He is a graduate of the University of California Los Angeles where he completed his B.A. (1966), M.A. (1970) and Ph.D. (1972) degrees in geography, with specialization in agriculture and biogeography.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Nut and Beverage Crops
Book Subtitle: Volume 4
Editors: Jameel M. Al-Khayri, Shri Mohan Jain, Dennis V. Johnson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23112-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-23111-8Published: 02 January 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-23114-9Published: 20 April 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-23112-5Published: 01 January 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 573
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 100 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agriculture, Plant Sciences, Plant Genetics and Genomics, Genetic Engineering