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Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Vegetable Crops, 1st ed. 2021
Volume 8: Bulbs, Roots and Tubers
Coordinators: Al-Khayri Jameel M., Jain S. Mohan, Johnson Dennis V.
Language: EnglishSubject for Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Vegetable Crops:
Publication date: 08-2022
Support: Print on demand
Publication date: 08-2021
554 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Hardback
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Preface.- Part I: Bulbs.- Chapter 1. Traditional and Novel Approaches in Garlic (Allium sativum L.) Breeding (Einat Shemesh-Mayer and Rina Kamenetsky Goldstein).- Chapter 2. Genetic Improvement of Leek (Allium ampeloprasum L.) (Fevziye Celebi-Toprak and Ali Ramazan Alan).- Chapter 3. Shallot (Allium cepa L. Aggregatum group) Breeding (Haim D. Rabinowitch).- Part II: Roots.- Chapter 4. Molecular Breeding Strategies of Beetroot (Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris var. conditiva Alefeld) (Farrag F.B. Abu-Ellail, Khaled F.M. Salem, Maysoun M. Saleh, Lina M. Alnaddaf, and Jameel M. Al-Khayri).- Chapter 5. Carrot (Daucus carota L.) Breeding (Philipp W. Simon).- Chapter 6. Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa L.) Breeding for the Future (Lauren H.K. Chappell and Adrian J. Dunford).- Chapter 7. Radish (Raphanus sativus L.): Breeding for Higher Yield, Better Quality and Wider Adaptability (Binod Kumar Singh).- Chapter 8. Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris L.) Improvement with Next-generation Breeding Technology (Chiara De Lucchi, Enrico Biancardi, George Skaracis, Marco De Biaggi, Ourania Pavli, Samathmika Ravi, Claudia Chiodi, Chiara Broccanello, and Piergiorgio Stevanato).- Chapter 9. Turnip (Brassica rapa var. rapa L.) Breeding (Hesham S. Abdel-Razzak).- Part III: Tubers.- Chapter 10. Recent Advances in Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Breeding (Emre Aksoy, Ufuk Demirel, Allahbakhsh Joiya, Muhammad Abu Bakar Zia, Muhammad Naeem Sattar, Faisal Saeed, Sevgi Çalışkan, and Mehmet Emin Çalışkan).- Chapter 11. Application of Genome Editing Tools to Accelerate Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Breeding (Zafar Iqbal and Muhammad Naeem Sattar).- Chapter 12. Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) Breeding (Jolien Swanckaert, Dorcus Gemenet, Noelle L. Anglin, and Wolfgang Grüneberg).
Prof. Shri Mohan Jain is a Consultant and Plant Biotechnologist, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; received M. Phil, 1973 and Ph.D., 1978, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Prof. Dennis V. Johnson is a Consultant and Former University Professor. He is a graduate of the University of California Los Angeles where he completed his B.A. (1966), M.A. (1970) and Ph.D. (1972) degrees in geography, with specialization in agriculture and biogeography.
Reviews research advances in the genetic improvement of important vegetable crops
Combines conventional breeding and biotechnology for the improvement of individual crops
Presents achievements and prospects of innovative molecular breeding tools
Addresses biodiversity, conservation and utilization in reference to the global climate change
Provides appendixes of available genetic resources and concerned research institutes
Chapters are written by an assemblage of internationally reputed scientists
Concepts are illustrated with high quality 100 color figures and 46 tables