The Genetics, Genomics & Breeding of Crop Plants series comprehensively covers the basic and advanced concepts, strategies, tools, and achievements of genetics, genomics and breeding of crops. Each volume in the series is dedicated to an individual crop or crop group.
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By James M. Bradeen, Chittaranjan Kole
September 13, 2017
In this volume, world leaders in potato research review historical and contemporary discoveries resulting in a range of advances. Topics include nutritional quality, yield, disease and insect resistance, processing, plant growth and development, and other aspects. The book also examines research ...
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By Kristin Bilyeu, Milind B. Ratnaparkhe, Chittaranjan Kole
September 13, 2017
The soybean is an economically important leguminous seed crop for feed and food products that is rich in seed protein (about 40 percent) and oil (about 20 percent); it enriches the soil by fixing nitrogen in symbiosis with bacteria. Soybean was domesticated in northeastern China about 2500 BC and ...
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By Jinguo Hu, Gerald Seiler, C. Kole
June 07, 2017
The sunflower has fascinated mankind for centuries. The oilseed sunflower contributes approximately ten percent of the world’s plant-derived edible oil and the confection type sunflower holds a considerable share of the directly consumed snacks market. In addition, sunflower is also grown as ...
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By Jan Sadowski, Chittaranjan Kole
February 04, 2015
Due to their diversity, vegetable Brassicas are of great economic import and offer unique opportunities to enrich our knowledge about plant growth, development, and rapid phenotypic evolution. By applying emerging genomic technologies, we may greatly increase our understanding of the Brassica ...
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By Ramakrishna Wusirika, Martin Bohn, Jinsheng Lai, Chittaranjan Kole
August 06, 2014
Sequencing of the maize genome has opened up new opportunities in maize breeding, genetics and genomics research. This book highlights modern trends in development of hybrids, analysis of genetic diversity, molecular breeding, comparative and functional genomics, epigenomicsand proteomics in maize....
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By Yi-Hong Wang, Hari D. Upadhyaya, Chittaranjan Kole
July 09, 2014
Sorghum is one of the hardiest crop plants in modern agriculture and also one of the most versatile. Its seeds provide calorie for food and feed, stalks for building and industrial materials and its juice for syrup. This book provides an in-depth review of the cutting-edge knowledge in sorghum ...
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By Robert J. Henry
July 08, 2014
Eucalypts are used for the production of paper products, firewood, charcoal, potential feedstocks for bioenergy and biomaterials, as ornamentals and landscape trees, and in land rehabilitation. Eucalypt breeding is at an early stage with many plantings being only at the first stages of ...
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By Nalini Mallikarjuna, Rajeev K. Varshney
May 20, 2014
Peanut, an amphidiploid, is an important food and oil crop and has an interesting evolutionary history. This book provides a glimpse of the advances in genetic resources and genomics research of peanut made during the last decade. It contains an overview of germplasm, advances in genetic and ...
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By Hongwei Cai, Toshihiko Yamada, Chittaranjan Kole
December 11, 2013
This book provides a structured account of the existing knowledge of toxic algae, the chemistry of the toxins they produce, the effects these substances exert in humans and wildlife, as well as the strategies envisaged to protect public health and the environment. It covers recent advances in the ...
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By Michael Pillay, George Ude, Chittaranjan Kole
March 02, 2012
This book is to gathers, in one volume, the latest information on the genomic researches of Musa. A group of leading experts in Musa genetics, genomics and breeding contributed to this volume in a style that will be understood by students and researchers. This book provides basic as well as ...
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By Yi-Hong Wang, T. K. Behera, Chittaranjan Kole
November 16, 2011
The last two decades has been the most exciting period in cucurbit genetic, genomic and breeding research especially for cucumber, melon and watermelon and cucumber became the first cucurbit to be sequenced, after other field crops such as rice, sorghum, soybean and maize. This book provides ...
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By Marcelino Perez de la Vega, Ana Maria Torres, Jose Ignacio Cubero, Chittaranjan Kole
October 24, 2011
Cool season grain legumes including pea, faba bean, lentil, chickpea and grass pea are extensively grown in many parts of the world. They are a primary source of proteins in human diet. This volume deals with the most recent advances on genetics, genomics and breeding of these crops. The "state of ...
