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Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources [electronic resource] : Plantation and Ornamental Crops / edited by Chittaranjan Kole.

By: Kole, Chittaranjan [editor.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011Description: XXVII, 303p. 37 illus., 12 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783642212017.Subject(s): Life sciences | Agriculture | Biodiversity | Plant breeding | Life Sciences | Plant Breeding/Biotechnology | Plant Genetics & Genomics | Agriculture | BiodiversityDDC classification: 631.52 | 660.6 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Antirrhinum -- Camellia -- Coffea -- Cola -- Digitallis -- Elaeis -- Euphorbia -- Gladiolus -- Lilium -- Nicotiana -- Petunia -- Rosa -- Theobroma.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Wild crop relatives are now playing a significant part in the elucidation and improvement of the genomes of their cultivated counterparts. This work includes comprehensive examinations of the status, origin, distribution, morphology, cytology, genetic diversity and available genetic and genomic resources of numerous wild crop relatives, as well as of their evolution and phylogenetic relationship. Further topics include their role as model plants, genetic erosion and conservation efforts, and their domestication for the purposes of bioenergy, phytomedicines, nutraceuticals and phytoremediation. Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources comprises 10 volumes on Cereals, Millets and Grasses, Oilseeds, Legume Crops and Forages, Vegetables, Temperate Fruits, Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, Industrial Crops, Plantation and Ornamental Crops, and Forest Trees. It contains 125 chapters written by nearly 400 well-known authors from about 40 countries.
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Antirrhinum -- Camellia -- Coffea -- Cola -- Digitallis -- Elaeis -- Euphorbia -- Gladiolus -- Lilium -- Nicotiana -- Petunia -- Rosa -- Theobroma.

Wild crop relatives are now playing a significant part in the elucidation and improvement of the genomes of their cultivated counterparts. This work includes comprehensive examinations of the status, origin, distribution, morphology, cytology, genetic diversity and available genetic and genomic resources of numerous wild crop relatives, as well as of their evolution and phylogenetic relationship. Further topics include their role as model plants, genetic erosion and conservation efforts, and their domestication for the purposes of bioenergy, phytomedicines, nutraceuticals and phytoremediation. Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources comprises 10 volumes on Cereals, Millets and Grasses, Oilseeds, Legume Crops and Forages, Vegetables, Temperate Fruits, Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, Industrial Crops, Plantation and Ornamental Crops, and Forest Trees. It contains 125 chapters written by nearly 400 well-known authors from about 40 countries.

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