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1. Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Peppers and Eggplants

   Edited by Byoung-Cheorl Kang, Chittaranjan Kole

   Peppers and eggplants are two leading vegetable crops produced and consumed worldwide. To facilitate the breeding for agronomical traits such as disease resistance and quality, diverse molecular genetic studies have been carried out. Recent achievements on pepper genome sequencing and trait-linked...

   Published January 22nd 2013 by CRC Press
2. Genetics, Genomics, and Breeding of Tomato

   Edited by Barbara E. Liedl, Joanne A. Labate, John R. Stommel, Ann Slade, Chittaranjan Kole

   This volume covers the advances in the study of tomato diversity and taxonomy. It examines the mapping of simple and complex traits, classical genetics and breeding, association studies, molecular breeding, positional cloning, and structural and comparative genomics. The contributors also discuss...

   Published January 16th 2013 by Science Publishers
3. Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Stone Fruits

   Edited by Chittaranjan Kole, Albert G. Abbott

   The stone fruits—including peaches, apricots, almonds, plums, and cherries—have been bred and grown for thousands of years and today are significant agricultural crops in many local economies worldwide. This volume presents a comprehensive commentary on classical genetics and breeding, molecular...

   Published August 16th 2012 by CRC Press
4. Handbook of Bioenergy Crop Plants

   Edited by Chittaranjan Kole, Chandrashekhar P. Joshi, David R. Shonnard

   As the world’s population is projected to reach 10 billion or more by 2100, devastating fossil fuel shortages loom in the future unless more renewable alternatives to energy are developed. Bioenergy, in the form of cellulosic biomass, starch, sugar, and oils from crop plants, has emerged as one of...

   Published March 21st 2012 by CRC Press
5. Genetics, Genomics, and Breeding of Bananas

   Edited by Michael Pillay, George Ude, Chittaranjan Kole

   Series: Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Crop Plants

   Musa is one of three genera in the family of Musaceae. Over 50 species of Musa exist, including bananas and plantains. This book assembles the latest information on the genomic research of this genus. A group of leading experts in Musa genetics, genomics, and breeding provide basic as well as...

   Published March 6th 2012 by Science Publishers
6. Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Cucurbits

   Edited by Yi-Hong Wang, T. K. Behera, Chittaranjan Kole

   Series: Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Crop Plants

   The last two decades has been the most exciting period in cucurbit genetic, genomic, and breeding research especially for cucumber, melon, and watermelon. In addition, cucumber became the first cucurbit to be sequenced, after other field crops such as rice, sorghum, soybean, and maize. In thirteen...

   Published November 10th 2011 by Science Publishers
7. Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Cool Season Grain Legumes

   Edited by Marcelino Perez de la Vega, Ana Maria Torres, Jose Ignacio Cubero, Chittaranjan Kole

   Series: Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Crop Plants

   Cool season grain legumes including pea, faba bean, lentil, chickpea, and grass pea are extensively grown in many parts of the world. They are a primary source of proteins in human diet. This volume deals with the most recent advances in genetics, genomics, and breeding of these crops. The "state...

   Published September 25th 2011 by Science Publishers
8. Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Oilseed Brassicas

   Edited by Dave Edwards, Jacqueline Batley, Isobel Parkin, Chittaranjan Kole

   Series: Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Crop Plants

   The book describes the history of Brassica oilseed crops, introduces the Brassica genome, its evolution, diversity, classical genetic studies, and breeding. It also delves into molecular genetic linkage and physical maps, progress with genome sequencing initiatives, mutagenesis approaches for trait...

   Published September 12th 2011 by Science Publishers
9. Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Conifers

   Edited by Christophe Plomion, Jean Bousquet, Chittaranjan Kole

   Series: Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Crop Plants

   With contributions by internationally reputed researchers in the field, this book presents the implications of the genomic revolution for conifers—promoting a better understanding of the evolution of these organisms as well as new knowledge about the molecular basis of quantitative trait variation....

   Published August 9th 2011 by Science Publishers
10. Genetics, Genomics, and Breeding of Grapes

    Edited by Anne-Francoise Adam-Blondon, Jose-Miguel Martinez-Zapater, Chittaranjan Kole

    Series: Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Crop Plants

    Grapevine is a highly valuable crop worldwide, both from a cultural as well as a commercial point of view. One of its major advantages is that it is well adapted to scarce water conditions. The main object of grapevine breeding is to develop varieties that are resistant to pathogens and at the same...

    Published May 19th 2011 by Science Publishers