Overview
- Editors:
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J.E. Bradshaw
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Invergowrie, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee, United Kingdom
- Dr. Bradshaw from SCRI (Scotland, UK) is an internationally recognized authority particularly in the Potato community
- His writing style is short, precise and concise targeting the key points
- Highly valuable content for both students of plant breeding and professional plant breeders
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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- John E. Bradshaw, Merideth Bonierbale
Pages 1-52
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- Hernán Ceballos, Emmanuel Okogbenin, Juan Carlos Pérez, Luis Augusto Becerra López-Valle, Daniel Debouck
Pages 53-96
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- Gemma Arnau, K. Abraham, M.N. Sheela, Hana Chair, Alieu Sartie, Robert Asiedu
Pages 127-148
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- José Quero-Garcia, Anton Ivancic, Vincent Lebot
Pages 149-172
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- Enrico Biancardi, J. Mitchell McGrath, Leonard W. Panella, Robert T. Lewellen, Piergiorgio Stevanato
Pages 173-219
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Back Matter
Pages 291-295
About this book
It is important to include Tuber and Root Crops in the Handbook of Plant Breeding.
They include starchy staple crops that are of increasing importance for global food security and relief of poverty, important millennium goals for the United Nations. Indeed, 2008 was the UN International Year of the Potato in recognition of this role of the potato as the world’s third most important food crop after wheat and rice. The other major staples are cassava, sweetpotato and yam. Together they occupy about 50 million hectares, with production at 640 million metric tons, of which 70% is in developing countries. In total there are more than 30 species of Root and Tuber Crops grown in the world today. Given the content of other volumes in the series, it makes sense to include sugar and fodder beets; swedes and turnips; and minor root and tuber crops so that the book series is as complete as possible.
Like the other volumes in the series, this one will present information on the latest 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. Seven crop specific chapters are proposed, together with an introduction to this diverse set of plant species. Outstanding scientists for each crop species are proposed as senior authors, who may invite co-authors to contribute part of a chapter. In order to increase the overall acceptance of the volume, balance will be sought with authors from different research groups/countries who will be asked to contribute and collaborate where appropriate. The book should be of interest to researchers in both academic and industrial settings, and in both developed and developing countries, as well as students and teachers of plant breeding. It is currently extremely important to educate and train a new generation of plant breeders given the challenges faced by humankind in producing more food for an expanding global population during a period of environmental (including climate) change.
Editors and Affiliations
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Invergowrie, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee, United Kingdom
J.E. Bradshaw
About the editor
John Bradshaw is a Honorary Fellow of the Scottish Crop Research Institute, having spent the whole of his 34 year career there as a plant breeder and geneticist. Throughout his career he has been a member of the European Association for Research on Plant Breeding (EUCARPIA) and served as Chairperson of the Section Potatoes. He has travelled widely and written extensively on plant breeding, as well as serving on the editorial boards of a number of scientific journals.
