Biotechnology of Fruit and Nut Crops
Readership
Researchers in plant biotechnology, plant breeding and horticulture
Key Features
• Covers a vast number of tropical and temperate cultivated species
• Contains contributions from leading researchers from the Americas, Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa
Main Description
This book is a comprehensive reference work on the current status of biotechnology of the major temperate, subtropical and tropical fruit and nut crop species of the world. It is a replacement of Biotechnology of Perennial Fruit Crops (eds Hammerschlag and Litz, CABI, 1992) and includes coverage of more fruit as well as nut crop species. Each chapter contains a general introduction to the particular plant family, with an overview of the economic significance and potential of biotechnology for fruit and nut species within the family, before examining individual species in more detail.
Main Contents
• Introduction, J S Heslop-Harrison, University of Leicester, UK
Chapter 1. Actinidiaceae
• Actinidia spp. Kiwifruit, M M Oliveira, Universita Lisboa, Portugal and L Fraser, Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Ltd, New Zealand
Chapter 2. Anacardiaceae
• Anacardium occidentale Cashew, R E Litz, R Nadgauda, National Chemical Laboratory, India, and J Subramanian, University of Guelph, Canada
• Mangifera indica Mango, R E Litz and M I A Gomez-Lim, CINVESTAV Unidad Irapuato, Mexico
• Pistacia vera Pistachio, A Onay, I Cigdem and A Filiz, University of Dicle, Turkey
Chapter 3. Annonaceae
• Annona spp. Atemoya, Cherimoya, Soursop and Sugar Apple, C L Encina, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Spain
Chapter 4. Arecaceae
• Cocos nucifera Coconut, V Hocher, J Verdeil and B Malaurie, IRD/CIRAD Coconut Program, France
• Elaeis guinneensis Oil palm, A Rival, CIRAD Oil Palm Programme, France, and G K A Parveez, Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia, Malaysia
• Phoenix dactylifera Date palm, K Loutfi and I El hadrami, Universite Cadi Ayyad, Morocco
Chapter 5. Bromeliaceae
• Ananas comosus Pineapple, M K Smith, H-L Ko, G M Sanewski, Maroochy Research Station, Australia, and J R Botella, The University of Queensland, Australia
Chapter 6. Caricaceae
• Carica papaya Papaya, M Fitch, Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, USA
Chapter 7. Clusiaceae
• Garcinia mangostana Mangosteen, S Te-Chato and M Lim, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
Chapter 8. Ericaceae
• Blueberry, L J Rowland and F A Hammerschlag, USDA ARS, USA
• Cranberry, B H McCown and E L Zeldin, University of Wisconsin, USA
Chapter 9. Fagaceae
• Castanea spp. Chestnut, F J Vieitez, Instituto Investigaciones Agrobiolσgicas de Galicia CSIC, Spain, and S A Merkle, The University of Georgia, USA
Chapter 10. Juglandaceae
• Carya illinoensis Pecan, W Vendrame, University of Florida, USA, and H Wetzstein, University of Georgia, USA
• Juglans regia Walnut, A Dandekar, C Leslie and G McGranahan, University of California, Davis, USA
Chapter 11. Lauraceae
• Persea americana Avocado, R E Litz, W Raharjo, S Raharjo, University of Florida, USA, F Pliego-Alfaro and A Barcelσ-Muρoz, Universidad de Mαlaga, Spain
Chapter 12. Moraceae
• Ficus carica Fig , Artocarpus spp. Jackfruit and Breadfruit and Morus spp. Mulberry, V A Bapat, and M Mhatre, Bhaba Atomic Research Centre, India
Chapter 13. Musaceae
• Musa spp. Banana and Plantain, M K Smith, S D Hamill, Maroochy Research Station, Australia, D K Becker and J L Dale, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Chapter 14. Myrtaceae
• Psidium guajaba Guava, U Jaiswal and V S Jaiswal, Banaras Hindu University, India
Chapter 15. Oleaceae
• Olea europea Olive, E Rugini, Universitΰ degli Studi della Tuscia, Italy, and L Baldoni, Istituto di Genetica Vegetale, Italy
Chapter 16. Oxalidaceae
• Averrhoa carambola Carambola, R E Litz and J L Griffis, Florida Southern College, USA
Chapter 17. Passifloraceae
• Passiflora spp. Passionfruit, M L C Vieira and M S Carneiro, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Chapter 18. Rosaceae
• Fragaria Strawberry, J Graham, Scottish Crop Research Institute, UK
• Malus x domestica Apple, S K Brown and K E Maloney, Cornell University, USA
• Prunus spp. Almond, Apricot, Cherry, Nectarine, Peach and Plum, C Srinivasan, I M G Padilla and R Scorza, USDA ARS Appalacian Fruit Research Station, USA
• Pyrus spp. Pear and Cydonia spp. Quince, E Chevreau, UMR Genetique et Horticulture INRA/INH/UA, France, and R Bell, Appalachian Fruit Research Station, USA
• Rubus spp. Cane fruit, R M Skirvin, University of Illinois, USA, S Motoike, Vicosa University, Brazil, M Coyner and M A Norton, University of Illinois, USA
Chapter 19. Rutaceae
• Citrus Grapefruit, Lemon, Lime, Orange, etc., G A Moore, J W Grosser and F G Gmitter, University of Florida, USA
Chapter 20. Sapindaceae
• Dimocarpus longan Longan and Litchi chinensis Litchi, R E Litz and S Raharjo
Chapter 21. Sterculiaceae
• Theobroma cacao Cacao, A Figueira, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil, and L Alemanno, Centre de Coopιration Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Dιveloppment, France
Chapter 22. Vitaceae
• Vitis spp. Grape, D J Gray, S Jayasankar and Z Li, University of Florida, USA
