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Title Wild crop relatives : genomic and breeding resources. Plantation and ornamental crops / Chittaranjan Kole, editor
Published Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 303 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps
Contents Antirrhinum -- Camellia -- Coffea -- Cola -- Digitallis -- Elaeis -- Euphorbia -- Gladiolus -- Lilium -- Nicotiana -- Petunia -- Rosa -- Theobroma
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Tropical crops -- Breeding
Tropical crops -- Genetics
Plants, Ornamental -- Breeding.
Plants, Ornamental -- Genetics
Plants, Ornamental -- Breeding
Plants, Ornamental -- Genetics
Tropical crops -- Breeding
Form Electronic book
Author Kole, Chittaranjan.
ISBN 9783642212017
3642212018
9783642212000
364221200X
Other Titles Plantation and ornamental crops