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Genetic Diversity in Horticultural Plants

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Editors:
  1. Dilip Nandwani

    1. Franklin, USA

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  • Contemporary and frontier subject area
  • Advances on an important and under-researched area in genetic diversity in horticultural crops
  • Wide coverage of topics from different continents

Part of the book series: Sustainable Development and Biodiversity (SDEB, volume 22)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Biology and Phylogenetic Diversity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Augmentation of Plant Genetic Diversity in Synecoculture: Theory and Practice in Temperate and Tropical Zones

      • Masatoshi Funabashi
      Pages 3-46

    3. Amplified Fragment Length Polymerase-Based Phylogenetic Relationships of Heirloom Tomato and Dark Green Vegetable Accessions

      • Ahmad Naseer Aziz
      Pages 47-59

    4. Molecular and Quantitative Genetics of Stone Pine (Pinus pinea)

      • Sven Mutke, Giovanni G. Vendramin, Bruno Fady, Francesca Bagnoli, Santiago C. González-Martínez
      Pages 61-84

  3. Genetic Diversity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. Genetic Diversity in Vegetable and Fruit Crops

      • Sochinwechi Nwosisi, Kripa Dhakal, Dilip Nandwani, Joshua Ibukun Raji, Sarada Krishnan, Yoel Beovides-García
      Pages 87-125

    3. The Genetic Diversity of Popular African Leafy Vegetables in Western Kenya

      • Christine A. Ndinya
      Pages 127-159

    4. Genetic Diversity in Nutritious Leafy Green Vegetable—Chaya (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius)

      • Roland Ebel, María de Jesús Méndez Aguilar, Juan Ariel Castillo Cocom, Susanne Kissmann
      Pages 161-189

    5. Genetic Diversity in Taro (Colocasia esculenta)

      • Susan C. Miyasaka, M. Renee Bellinger, Michael B. Kantar, Martin Helmkampf, Thomas Wolfgruber, Roshan Paudel et al.
      Pages 191-215

    6. Genetic Diversity in Banana

      • Sanjit Debnath, Arju Ali Khan, Anwesha Das, Indrajit Murmu, Abhisikta Khan, Kamal Kumar Mandal
      Pages 217-241

  4. Agrobiodiversity Utilization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-243
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    2. The Role of Agrobiodiversity in Sustainable Food Systems Design and Management

      • Ciaccia Corrado, Testani Elena, Roccuzzo Giancarlo, Canali Stefano
      Pages 245-271

    3. Induced Genetic Diversity in Banana

      • Suprasanna Penna, Siddhesh B. Ghag, T. R. Ganapathi, S. Mohan Jain
      Pages 273-297
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About this book

This book in the series “Sustainable Development and Biodiversity” contains peer-reviewed chapters from leading academicians and researchers around the world in the field of horticulture, plant taxonomy, plant biotechnology, genetics and related areas of biodiversity science centered on genetic diversity. This book includes original research reviews (national, regional and global) and case studies in genetic diversity in fruits and vegetables, horticulture, and ecology from sub-tropical and tropical regions.

It is unique as it covers a wide array of topics covering global interests and will constitute valuable reference material for students, researchers, extension specialists, farmers and certification agencies who are concerned with biodiversity, ecology and sustainable development.

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  • Franklin, USA

    Dilip Nandwani

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