Overview
- First book to extensively cover flower breeding program methodologies
- Authoritative reference on plant protection, plant germplasm collection, prevention of invasiveness, flowering mechanisms, cultivar trialing
- The leading world-wide authorities on flower breeding and genetics provide the tools and directions for future crop domestication and enhancement
- Provides essential information for breeding a wide range of floriculture crops
- Well-illustrated with colour photographs, black and white photographs, figures, and tables
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Flowers are essential crops which beautify interiorscapes, outdoor landscapes and enhance human health. Floriculture is one of the fastest-growing sectors of commercial agriculture world-wide with many highly profitable crops. Such a diversity of new and domesticated flower crops is created by public and private sector flower breeders. This book provides a unique and valuable resource on the many issues and challenges facing flower breeders, as well as the industry at-large. In this volume, the first comprehensive assemblage of its kind, a team of 32 international authorities has contributed to make this book a ‘must-have’ reference to research and develop flower crops for the 21st century consumers. Part 1 of this book (flower breeding program issues) contains unique features of interest to horticultural professionals and students, include coverage of plant protection strategies, cultivar trialing methodology, germplasm collection/preservation, preventing invasiveness, and other timely topics. The collective body of knowledge for 24 flower crops (Part 2: Crop-specific Breeding and Genetics) represents the in-depth science and art of breeding technology available for bedding plants, flowering potted plants, cut flowers, and herbaceous perennials. Each author provides crop-specific history, evolution, biology, taxonomy, state-of-the-art breeding/genetics, classical/molecular technologies, species traits, interspecific hybridization, and directions for future development/enhancement.
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Table of contents (30 chapters)
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Crop-specific Breeding & Genetics
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Flowering Potted Plants
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Cut Flowers
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Herbaceous Perennials
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Flower Breeding and Genetics
Book Subtitle: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century
Editors: Neil O. Anderson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4428-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-4427-4Published: 09 May 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6569-9Published: 04 October 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-4428-1Published: 01 October 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 822
Topics: Plant Sciences, Plant Genetics and Genomics, Agriculture, Evolutionary Biology, Science Education
Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Consumer Packaged Goods, Pharma