This book provides a broad, well-structured review of strawberries and their cultivation under current environmental conditions. Methods of strawberry cultivation have undergone many improvements, and this book covers aspects from plant propagation, architecture, genetic resources, breeding, abiotic stresses and climate change to evolving diseases and their control. The first chapter gives a general introduction to strawberry with some important statistics. It is followed by Section 1 on Genetics, Breeding and Omics, which contains five chapters. Chapters 2 and 3 discuss modern aspects related to available genetic resources and breeding for yield, quality and disease traits. The scope of metabolomics is discussed with special reference to white strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis subsp. chiloensis f. chiloensis) in Chapter 4. Chapter 5 is an interesting study on the transcriptomic profile of some key genes in relation to systemic acquired resistance, while chapter 6 discusses different aspects of genetic transformation in strawberry. Section 2 on Cultivation Systems and Propagation contains three chapters. These chapters discuss at length the plant growth, flowering, root growth and architecture, replant problems and plant propagation techniques. Section 3 on Disease and Stress Management contains six chapters dealing with biotic and abiotic stresses of strawberry. The first four chapters discuss traditional and emerging fungal diseases, their diagnosis and modern biointensive management strategies. Chapters 14 and 15 deal with the emerging challenges posed due to climate change and its impact on the changing magnitude and dimensions of abiotic stresses on strawberry. The book is aimed at those involved in strawberry research and development, and also to those who are interested in cultivation of strawberry for commercial gain.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Strawberry: a general account / A.M. Husaini and F.A. Zaki -- Genetic resources of the strawberry / M. Gambardella and S. Sánchez -- Strawberry breeding / W. Faedi and G. Baruzzi -- Chilean white strawberry: phenolic profiling of its different parts / G. Schmeda-Hirschmann, E. Viveros-Valdez, R. Montenegro, C. Quispe and M. Simirgiotis -- Role of fungal avirulant pathogens in defence response of strawberry / J.C. Díaz Ricci, C.F. Grellet-Bournonville, N.R. Chalfoun, U. Tonello, G.G. Martos, V. Hael-Conrad, M. Perato and G. Martínez Zamora -- Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of strawberry / A.M. Husaini and Y. Wen Xu -- Plant architecture in different cultivation systems / F. Massetani and D. Neri -- Strawberry root growth and architecture in relation to organic residues and replanting problems / D. Neri -- Plant propagation techniques and types of plants / M. Gambardella, F. Massetani and D. Neri -- Fungal diseases of strawberry and their diagnosis / C. Garrido, V.E. González-Rodríguez, M. Carbú, A.M. Husaini and J.M. Cantoral -- New biocontrol strategies for strawberry fungal pathogens / M. Carbú, V.E. González-Rodríguez, C. Garrido, and J.M. Cantoral -- Emerging diseases in strawberry crop: charcoal rot and fusarium wilt / B. de los Santos, M. Chamorro, J.J. Medina-Mínguez, N. Capote, A. Aguado and F. Romero -- Induced systemic resistance to fusarium wilt and antioxidative ability in mycorrhizal strawberry plants / Y. Matsubara and A.M. Husaini -- Challenges of climate change to strawberry cultivation : uncertainty and beyond / A.M. Husaini and Y. Wen Xu -- Molecular and physiological responses of strawberry plants to abiotic stress / H. Gulen, E. Turhan and A. Eris.

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