Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops

ISBN-13: 9783642070860 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 306 str.

Chittaranjan Kole

Opis

Genome Mapping and Molecular Breeding in Plants presents the current status of the elucidation and improvement of plant genomes of economic interest. The focus is on genetic and physical mapping, positioning, cloning, monitoring of desirable genes by molecular breeding and the most recent advances in genomics. The series comprises seven volumes: Cereals and Millets; Oilseeds; Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops; Fruits and Nuts; Vegetables; Technical Crops; and Forest Trees. Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops includes reviews in 15 chapters contributed by 47 eminent scientists from 10 countries. The chapters on common bean, pea, cowpea, sugarcane and potato include comprehensive reviews of voluminous research findings. Fundamental aspects and molecular results are presented for eight 'orphan crops' of high agroeconomic importance, including mungbean, lentil, chickpea, lathyrus, pigeonpea, sweet potato, cassava and yam. Additionally, works on quinoa and Bambara groundnut are reviewed for the first time.

Spis treści

Common Bean.- Pea.- Cowpea.- Mungbean.- Lentil.- Chickpea.- Genome Mapping and Molecular Breeding in Lathyrus.- Pigeonpea.- Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa).- Bambara Groundnut.- Sugarcane.- Potato.- Sweetpotato.- Cassava.- Yams.

O autorze

Chittaranjan Kole is Professor of Genetics and Plant Breeding at Allahabad Agricultural Institute in India. He is currently Visiting Professor at Clemson University. He has over two decades of teaching and research experience in molecular biology and biotechnology