Plant Genetic Resources: Horticultural Crops

Front Cover
B. S. Dhillon
Alpha Science Int'l Ltd., 2005 - Gardening - 332 pages
The agricultural paradigm is already undergoing a shift in focus from food security towards nutritional quality. Horticultural crops besides improving biological productivity and nutritional standards also have enormous export potential. This group of crops comprising fruits, vegetables, root and tuber crops, plantation crops, medicinal and aromatic plants, spices and condiments and ornamental crops, would constitute core of any such agro-economic strategy.

In addition to supplementing the economy and national food grid by providing fresh and processed fruits, vegetable, nuts etc., horticultural crops also help to promote diversification. Depletion of plant genetic resources in areas of diversity at a rapid pace is a matter of global concern. This book profiles all scientific management aspects of the horticultural crop genetic resources including their diversity, conservation and sustainable utilization. It also addresses vital concerns regarding management of horticultural crop genetic resources from diverse perspectives and provides recommendations for action in certain areas of research that must be pursued with intensity. The publication would serve as a valuable comprehensive scientific reference for breeders, researchers, teachers, students and policy makers in biology and agriculture.

 

Contents

Solanaceous Vegetables
19
Cucurbits
34
Okra
59
Cole Crops
75
Potato
89
Bulbous Crops Cultivated Alliums
108
Tropical Fruits
121
Temperate Fruits
146
Arid Fruits
168
Spices
190
Tropical Root and Tuber Crops
228
Plantation Crops
251
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
279
Ornamental Plants
309
Index
329
Copyright

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

Popular passages

Page 327 - McClelland, M. (1991). Polymorphisms generated by arbitrarily primed PCR in the mouse: application to strain identification and genetic mapping. Nucleic Acids Res. 19: 303-306.
Page 276 - Pritchard, HW (1983). Orthodox behaviour of oil palm seed and cryopreservation of the excised embryo for genetic conservation. Ann. Bot.
Page 278 - In: KC Willson and MN Clifford (eds.), Tea: Cultivation to Consumption. Chapman and Hall, London, UK, 23p.
Page 327 - RICHTER, A., and WR SINGLETON. 1955. The effect of chronic gamma radiation on the production of somatic mutations in carnations. Proc. Nat. Acad.
Page 276 - J. (1993) Importance of sucrose for the acquisition of tolerance to desiccation and cryopreservation of oil palm somatic embryos, CryoLetters, 14, 243-250.

About the author (2005)

B.S. Dhillon received his Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the University of Windsor. He received his M.S. in mechanical engineering and B.S. in electrical and electronic engineering from the University of Wales. Dr. Dhillon is a professor of engineering management in mechanical engineering at the University of Ottawa.