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Fruit Breeding [electronic resource] / edited by Marisa Luisa Badenes, David H. Byrne.

By: Badenes, Marisa Luisa [editor.].
Contributor(s): Byrne, David H [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Handbook of Plant Breeding: 8Publisher: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2012Description: XV, 875p. 83 illus., 41 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781441907639.Subject(s): Life sciences | Agriculture | Botany | Plant breeding | Life Sciences | Plant Genetics & Genomics | Plant Sciences | AgricultureDDC classification: 581.35 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Trends in Fruit Breeding -- Developing Fruit Cultivars with Enhanced Health Properties -- Intellectual Property Protection and Marketing of New Fruit Cultivars -- Emerging Fruit Crops -- Blackberry -- American Cranberry -- Grape -- Raspberry -- Strawberry -- Apple -- European Pear -- Apricot -- Cherry -- Peach -- Plum -- Citrus -- Persimmon -- Almond -- Chestnut -- Pecan -- Pistachio -- Walnut.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Fruit Breeding is the eighth volume in the Handbook of Plant Breeding series. Like the other volumes in the series, this volume presents information on the latest scientific information in applied plant breeding using the current advances in the field, from an efficient use of genetic resources to the impact of biotechnology in plant breeding. The majority of the volume showcases individual crops, complemented by sections dealing with important aspects of fruit breeding as trends, marketing and protection of new varieties, health benefits of fruits and new crops in the horizon. The book also features contributions from outstanding scientists for each crop species. Maria Luisa Badenes Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Valencia, Spain David Byrne Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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Trends in Fruit Breeding -- Developing Fruit Cultivars with Enhanced Health Properties -- Intellectual Property Protection and Marketing of New Fruit Cultivars -- Emerging Fruit Crops -- Blackberry -- American Cranberry -- Grape -- Raspberry -- Strawberry -- Apple -- European Pear -- Apricot -- Cherry -- Peach -- Plum -- Citrus -- Persimmon -- Almond -- Chestnut -- Pecan -- Pistachio -- Walnut.

Fruit Breeding is the eighth volume in the Handbook of Plant Breeding series. Like the other volumes in the series, this volume presents information on the latest scientific information in applied plant breeding using the current advances in the field, from an efficient use of genetic resources to the impact of biotechnology in plant breeding. The majority of the volume showcases individual crops, complemented by sections dealing with important aspects of fruit breeding as trends, marketing and protection of new varieties, health benefits of fruits and new crops in the horizon. The book also features contributions from outstanding scientists for each crop species. Maria Luisa Badenes Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Valencia, Spain David Byrne Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

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