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Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources

Industrial Crops

  • 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
  • Richly illustrated work
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
  2. Beta

    • J. Mitchell McGrath, Lee Panella, Lothar Frese
    Pages 1-28
  3. Corchorus

    • M. K. Sinha, C. S. Kar, T. Ramasubramanian, A. Kundu, B. S. Mahapatra
    Pages 29-61
  4. Crotalaria

    • Jorge A. Mosjidis, Ming Li Wang
    Pages 63-69
  5. Dioscorea

    • Ranjana Bhattacharjee, Melaku Gedil, Alieu Sartie, Emmanuel Otoo, Dominique Dumet, Hidehiko Kikuno et al.
    Pages 71-96
  6. Erianthus

    • P. Jackson, R. J. Henry
    Pages 97-107
  7. Gossypium

    • Chandrakanth Emani
    Pages 109-122
  8. Ipomoea

    • Padma Nimmakayala, Gopinath Vajja, Umesh K. Reddy
    Pages 123-132
  9. Manihot

    • Satya S. Narina, Madhuri Jasti, Ramesh Buyyarapu, Ranjana Bhattacharjee
    Pages 133-155
  10. Miscanthus

    • Kossonou Guillaume Anzoua, Toshihiko Yamada, Robert J. Henry
    Pages 157-164
  11. Saccharum

    • G. D. Bonnett, R. J. Henry
    Pages 165-177
  12. Erratum to Chapter 2: Corchorus

    • M. K. Sinha, C. S. Kar, T. Ramasubramanian, A. Kundu, B. S. Mahapatra
    Pages E1-E1
  13. Back Matter

    Pages 179-183

About this book

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.

Reviews

From the reviews:

“This book on industrial crops is one volume in a series of 10 volumes on wild crop relatives edited by Chittaranjan Kole. Thirty-two authors from around the world have contributed to this volume. … Each chapter ends with recommendations for future actions. The volume should prove a useful reference work for libraries … .” (John E. Bradshaw, Experimental Agriculture, Vol. 48 (2), 2012)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BC, Mohanpur, India

    Chittaranjan Kole

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eBook USD 129.00
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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