Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops

Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops
Author: Chittaranjan Kole
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2007-01-20
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3540345167

Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops comprises reviews contributed by 47 eminent scientists from 10 countries. The chapters on common bean, pea, cowpea, sugarcane and potato include comprehensive reviews of voluminous research findings. Fundamental aspects and molecular results are also presented for eight ‘orphan crops’ of high agroeconomic importance including mungbean, lentil, chickpea, lathyrus, pigeonpea, sweet potato, cassava and yam. works on quinoa and Bambara groundnut are reviewed for the first time.

Fruits and Nuts

Fruits and Nuts
Author: Chittaranjan Kole
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-11-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9783642070891

"Fruits and Nuts" form the largest group among crop plants. Several constraints such as long life cycle have caused comparatively slow research progress in the past. The chapters on 20 fruit and nut crops authored by 56 renowned scientists from 12 countries include for the first time comprehensive reviews on a variety of fruits and nuts. The huge amount of information hitherto dispersed in journals is now available in a clearly structured reference work.

Fruits and Nuts

Fruits and Nuts
Author: Chittaranjan Kole
Publisher:
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2007
Genre: Fruit
ISBN: 9786610805167

"Genome Mapping and Molecular Breeding in Plants" presents the current status of the elucidation and improvement of plant genomes of economic interest. The focus is on genetic and physical mapping, positioning, cloning, monitoring of desirable genes by molecular breeding and the most recent advances in genomics. The series comprises seven volumes: "Cereals and Millets"; "Oilseeds"; "Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops"; "Fruits and Nuts"; "Vegetables"; "Technical Crops"; and "Forest Trees." "Fruits and Nuts" form the largest group among crop plants. Several constraints such as long life cycle, heterozygosity and large plant size caused comparatively slow research progress in the past. The chapters on 20 fruit and nut crops authored by 56 renowned scientists from 12 countries include for the first time comprehensive reviews on mango, banana, olive, pineapple, pistachio, persimmon and papaya. Other crops covered are apple, grape, cherry, plum, peach, pear, apricot, strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, almond, citrus, and avocado.

Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops

Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops
Author: Chittaranjan Kole
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2006-11-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9783540345152

Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops comprises reviews contributed by 47 eminent scientists from 10 countries. The chapters on common bean, pea, cowpea, sugarcane and potato include comprehensive reviews of voluminous research findings. Fundamental aspects and molecular results are also presented for eight ‘orphan crops’ of high agroeconomic importance including mungbean, lentil, chickpea, lathyrus, pigeonpea, sweet potato, cassava and yam. works on quinoa and Bambara groundnut are reviewed for the first time.

Oilseeds

Oilseeds
Author: Chittaranjan Kole
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2006-11-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9783540343875

Part of the seven-volume series Genome Mapping and Molecular Breeding in Plants, the volume Oilseeds is devoted to oil-producing field crops such as soybeans, oilseed rape, peanuts, sunflowers, Indian mustard, Brassica rapa, black mustard and flax. While the grouping of economic plants is conventionally based on their agricultural purposes, several crops covered in this volume have other uses besides yielding oils. Brassica rapa is also used as a vegetable, the sunflower as an ornamental, and flax as a fibre crop. Black mustard, which is used as a condiment but is genetically close to other Brassica species, is also included here.

Cereals and Millets

Cereals and Millets
Author: Chittaranjan Kole
Publisher: Genome Mapping and Molecular Breeding in Plants
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2006-10-02
Genre: Science
ISBN:

Genome Mapping and Molecular Breeding in Plants provides a timely overview of the current status of genome analysis, with an emphasis on economically and academically relevant species. The work focuses on genetic and physical genome maps; on mapping, cloning, and monitoring of economic genes through molecular breeding; and on the most recent advances in genomics. The series comprises seven volumes: Cereals and Millets; Oilseeds; Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops; Fruits and Nuts; Vegetables; Technical Crops; and Forest Trees. With 82 chapters contributed by some 300 internationally known scientists from more than 30 countries, this series will serve as a comprehensive basis for further studies and the delineation of plant genomes and their improvement.

Molecular Plant Breeding

Molecular Plant Breeding
Author: Yunbi Xu
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 756
Release: 2010
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1845936248

Recent advances in plant genomics and molecular biology have revolutionized our understanding of plant genetics, providing new opportunities for more efficient and controllable plant breeding. Successful techniques require a solid understanding of the underlying molecular biology as well as experience in applied plant breeding. Bridging the gap between developments in biotechnology and its applications in plant improvement, Molecular Plant Breeding provides an integrative overview of issues from basic theories to their applications to crop improvement including molecular marker technology, gene mapping, genetic transformation, quantitative genetics, and breeding methodology.

Technical Crops

Technical Crops
Author: Chittaranjan Kole
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2007-04-24
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3540345388

Technical Crops includes plants of great agricultural importance. One chapter is devoted to cotton, the most important fiber crop on which significant progress in molecular genetic research has been made. Reviews on oil palm, coffee, tea, cocoa and rubber describe traditional breeding and preliminary molecular results. Chapters on forage crops, ornamentals, and medicinal and aromatic plants may serve as road maps for further molecular research.