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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.
Technical Crops includes plants of great agricultural importance. One chapter is devoted to cotton, the most important fiber crop on which significant progress in molecular genetic research has been made. Reviews on oil palm, coffee, tea, cocoa and rubber describe traditional breeding and preliminary molecular results. Chapters on forage crops, ornamentals, and medicinal and aromatic plants each cover a large number of crops and may serve as road maps for further molecular research.
List of contents
Cotton.- Forage Crops.- Ornamentals.- Oil Palm.- Coffee.- Tea.- Cacao.- Rubber.- Medicinal and Aromatic Plants.
About the author
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
Summary
Technical Crops includes plants of great agricultural importance. Coverage includes cotton, the most important fiber crop on which significant progress in molecular genetic research has been made. In addition, the book includes reviews on oil palm, coffee, tea, cocoa and rubber that describe traditional breeding and preliminary molecular results. It also includes chapters on forage crops, ornamentals, and medicinal and aromatic plants, each covering a large number of crops and which may serve as road maps for further molecular research.
