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Biotechnology of fruit and nut crops / edited by Richard E. Litz, Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida, USA.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Biotechnology in agriculture series ; 29.Publisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2005Copyright date: 2005Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 723 pages) : illustrations, chartsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Biotechnology of fruit and nut crops.DDC classification:
  • 634/.043 23
LOC classification:
  • SB359.3 .B549 2005eb
Online resources: Also available in print format.
Contents:
Actinidiaceae -- Actinidia spp. Kiwifruit / M. Margarida Oliveira and Lena G. Fraser -- Anacardiaceae -- Anacardium occidentale Cashew / Rajani Nadgauda, Subramanian Jayasankar and Richard E. Litz -- Mangifera indica Mango / Richard E. Litz and Miguel A. Gómez-Lim -- Pistacia vera Pistachio / Ahmet Onay, Isikalan Cigdem and Adiyaman Filiz -- Annonaceae -- Annona spp. Atemoya, Cherimoya, Soursop and Sugar Apple / Carlos Lopez Encina -- Arecaceae -- Cocos nucifera Coconut / Valérie Hocher, Jean-Luc Verdeil and Bernard Malaurie -- Elaeis guineensis Oil Palm / Alain Rival and Ghulam Kadir A. Parveez -- Phoenix dactylifera Date Palm / Kenza Loutfi and Ismail El Hadrami -- Bromeliaceae -- Ananas comosus Pineapple / M.K. Smith, H.-L. Ko, G.M. Sanewski and J.R. Botella -- Caricaceae -- Carica papaya Papaya / Maureen M.M. Fitch -- Clusiaceae -- Garcinia mangostana Mangosteen / Sompong Te-chato and Mongkol Lim -- Ericaceae -- Vaccinium spp. Blueberry / Lisa J. Rowland and Freddi A. Hammerschlag -- Vaccinium spp. Cranberry / Brent H. McCown and Eric L. Zeldin -- Fagaceae -- Castanea spp. Chestnut / F. Javier Viéitez and Scott A. Merkle -- Juglandaceae -- Carya illinoinensis Pecan / Wagner Vendrame and Hazel Wetzstein -- Juglans regia Walnut / Abhaya Dandekar, Chuck Leslie and Gale McGranahan -- Lauraceae -- Persea americana Avocado / Richard E. Litz, Witjaksono, Simon Raharjo, Darda Efendi, Fernando Pliego-Alfaro and A. Barceló-Muñoz -- Moraceae -- Ficus carica Fig, Artocarpus spp. Jackfruit and Breadfruit and Morus spp. Mulberry / Vishwas A. Bapat and Minal Mhatre -- Musaceae -- Musa spp. Banana and Plantain / M.K. Smith, S.D. Hamill, D.K. Becker and J.L. Dale -- Myrtaceae -- Psidium guajava Guava / Uma Jaiswal and V.S. Jaiswal -- Oleaceae -- Olea europea Olive / Eddo Rugini and Luciana Baldoni -- Oxalidaceae -- Averrhoa carambola Carambola / Richard E. Litz and John L. Griffis, Jr -- Passifloraceae -- Passiflora spp. Passionfruit / Maria Lucia C. Vieira and Monalisa Sampaio Carneiro -- Rosaceae -- Fragaria Strawberry / Julie Graham -- Malus x domestica Apple / Susan K. Brown and Kevin E. Maloney -- Prunus spp. Almond, Apricot, Cherry, Nectarine, Peach and Plum / C. Srinivasan, Isabel M.G. Padilla and Ralph Scorza -- Pyrus spp. Pear and Cydonia spp. Quince / Elisabeth Chevreau and Richard Bell -- Rubus spp. Cane Fruit / Robert M. Skirvin, Sergio Motoike, Matthew Coyner and M.A. Norton -- Rutaceae -- Citrus Grapefruit, Lemon, Lime, Orange, etc. / Gloria A. Moore, Jude W. Grosser and Frederick G. Gmitter -- Sapindaceae -- Dimocarpus longan Longan and Litchi chinensis Litchi / Richard E. Litz and Simon Raharjo -- Sterculiaceae -- Theobroma cacao Cacao / Antonio Figueira and Laurence Alemanno -- Vitaceae -- Vitis spp. Grape / Dennis J. Gray, S. Jayasankar and Z. Li.
Abstract: This book is a comprehensive reference work on the current status of biotechnology of the major temperate, subtropical and tropical fruit and nut crop species of the world, including Actinidia spp., Anacardium occidentale, Mangifera indica, Pistacia vera, Annona spp., Cocos nucifera, Elaeis guineensis, Phoenix dactylifera, Ananas comosus, Carica papaya, Garcinia mangostana, Vaccinium spp., Castanea spp., Carya illinoinensis, Juglans regia, Persea americana, Ficus carica, Artocarpus spp. and Morus spp., Musa spp., Psidium guajava, Olea europaea, Averrhoa carambola, Passiflora spp., Fragaria spp., Malus domestica [M. pumila], Prunus spp., Pyrus spp., Cydonia spp., Rubus spp., Citrus spp., Dimocarpus longan, Litchi chinensis, Theobroma cacao and Vitis spp. It reviews the advances and current knowledge in key areas of biotechnology as applied to crop production and breeding. Tissue culture, genetic transformation or immunoassay, molecular and cell biology of fruit and nut crops are also discussed. Some of the older biotechnological techniques such as somatic hybridization, in vitro mutagenesis and selection, ploidy manipulation, etc., are only now being employed for many of the species considered here while genomics and the application of molecular marker-assisted selection to conventional breeding are becoming increasingly important. This book is intended for those working within the areas of plant biotechnology, perennial plant breeding and genetics and horticulture.
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This book is a comprehensive reference work on the current status of biotechnology of the major temperate, subtropical and tropical fruit and nut crop species of the world, including Actinidia spp., Anacardium occidentale, Mangifera indica, Pistacia vera, Annona spp., Cocos nucifera, Elaeis guineensis, Phoenix dactylifera, Ananas comosus, Carica papaya, Garcinia mangostana, Vaccinium spp., Castanea spp., Carya illinoinensis, Juglans regia, Persea americana, Ficus carica, Artocarpus spp. and Morus spp., Musa spp., Psidium guajava, Olea europaea, Averrhoa carambola, Passiflora spp., Fragaria spp., Malus domestica [M. pumila], Prunus spp., Pyrus spp., Cydonia spp., Rubus spp., Citrus spp., Dimocarpus longan, Litchi chinensis, Theobroma cacao and Vitis spp. It reviews the advances and current knowledge in key areas of biotechnology as applied to crop production and breeding. Tissue culture, genetic transformation or immunoassay, molecular and cell biology of fruit and nut crops are also discussed. Some of the older biotechnological techniques such as somatic hybridization, in vitro mutagenesis and selection, ploidy manipulation, etc., are only now being employed for many of the species considered here while genomics and the application of molecular marker-assisted selection to conventional breeding are becoming increasingly important. This book is intended for those working within the areas of plant biotechnology, perennial plant breeding and genetics and horticulture.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Actinidiaceae -- Actinidia spp. Kiwifruit / M. Margarida Oliveira and Lena G. Fraser -- Anacardiaceae -- Anacardium occidentale Cashew / Rajani Nadgauda, Subramanian Jayasankar and Richard E. Litz -- Mangifera indica Mango / Richard E. Litz and Miguel A. Gómez-Lim -- Pistacia vera Pistachio / Ahmet Onay, Isikalan Cigdem and Adiyaman Filiz -- Annonaceae -- Annona spp. Atemoya, Cherimoya, Soursop and Sugar Apple / Carlos Lopez Encina -- Arecaceae -- Cocos nucifera Coconut / Valérie Hocher, Jean-Luc Verdeil and Bernard Malaurie -- Elaeis guineensis Oil Palm / Alain Rival and Ghulam Kadir A. Parveez -- Phoenix dactylifera Date Palm / Kenza Loutfi and Ismail El Hadrami -- Bromeliaceae -- Ananas comosus Pineapple / M.K. Smith, H.-L. Ko, G.M. Sanewski and J.R. Botella -- Caricaceae -- Carica papaya Papaya / Maureen M.M. Fitch -- Clusiaceae -- Garcinia mangostana Mangosteen / Sompong Te-chato and Mongkol Lim -- Ericaceae -- Vaccinium spp. Blueberry / Lisa J. Rowland and Freddi A. Hammerschlag -- Vaccinium spp. Cranberry / Brent H. McCown and Eric L. Zeldin -- Fagaceae -- Castanea spp. Chestnut / F. Javier Viéitez and Scott A. Merkle -- Juglandaceae -- Carya illinoinensis Pecan / Wagner Vendrame and Hazel Wetzstein -- Juglans regia Walnut / Abhaya Dandekar, Chuck Leslie and Gale McGranahan -- Lauraceae -- Persea americana Avocado / Richard E. Litz, Witjaksono, Simon Raharjo, Darda Efendi, Fernando Pliego-Alfaro and A. Barceló-Muñoz -- Moraceae -- Ficus carica Fig, Artocarpus spp. Jackfruit and Breadfruit and Morus spp. Mulberry / Vishwas A. Bapat and Minal Mhatre -- Musaceae -- Musa spp. Banana and Plantain / M.K. Smith, S.D. Hamill, D.K. Becker and J.L. Dale -- Myrtaceae -- Psidium guajava Guava / Uma Jaiswal and V.S. Jaiswal -- Oleaceae -- Olea europea Olive / Eddo Rugini and Luciana Baldoni -- Oxalidaceae -- Averrhoa carambola Carambola / Richard E. Litz and John L. Griffis, Jr -- Passifloraceae -- Passiflora spp. Passionfruit / Maria Lucia C. Vieira and Monalisa Sampaio Carneiro -- Rosaceae -- Fragaria Strawberry / Julie Graham -- Malus x domestica Apple / Susan K. Brown and Kevin E. Maloney -- Prunus spp. Almond, Apricot, Cherry, Nectarine, Peach and Plum / C. Srinivasan, Isabel M.G. Padilla and Ralph Scorza -- Pyrus spp. Pear and Cydonia spp. Quince / Elisabeth Chevreau and Richard Bell -- Rubus spp. Cane Fruit / Robert M. Skirvin, Sergio Motoike, Matthew Coyner and M.A. Norton -- Rutaceae -- Citrus Grapefruit, Lemon, Lime, Orange, etc. / Gloria A. Moore, Jude W. Grosser and Frederick G. Gmitter -- Sapindaceae -- Dimocarpus longan Longan and Litchi chinensis Litchi / Richard E. Litz and Simon Raharjo -- Sterculiaceae -- Theobroma cacao Cacao / Antonio Figueira and Laurence Alemanno -- Vitaceae -- Vitis spp. Grape / Dennis J. Gray, S. Jayasankar and Z. Li.

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