Citrus Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology
- Publisher
CABI - Published
26th November 2007 - ISBN 9780851990194
- Language English
- Pages 384 pp.
- Size 6.875" x 9.75"
This multi-authored book provides a comprehensive review of citrus breeding, including relevant genetics, molecular biology and biotechnology. Topics discussed include origin and taxonomy, hybridization and see procedures, triploid breeding, mutation breeding, selection for fruit traits, tree characters and disease resistant, rootstock breeding, soil adaptation, nucellar embryony, cytogenetics, mapping, gene cloning, chromosome transfer technology, haploidy, flow cytometry and somaclonal variation.
"The authors, many of the world's leading experts, have aimed their current, detailed, well-documented and well-referenced contributions at practicing professionals who will find this a valauble reference."
- Choice
History, distribution and uses of citrus fruits
Taxonomy, cultivars and breeding
Environmental constraints on growth, development and physiology of citrus
Rootstocks
Plant husbandry
Pests and diseases
Fruit quality, harvesting and postharvest technology