Breeding tropical and subtropical fruits.
Ray P. K.
Author Affiliation: Rajendra Agricultural University, Horticultural Research Station, Birauly 848 113, Bihar, India.
: xvi + 338 pp.
Abstract : Plant breeding has undergone a period of very rapid and significant development in recent years and the area of fruit breeding is no exception. This book provides a balanced, up-to-date and comprehensive account of the developments in the field of breeding tropical and subtropical fruits. It offers not only the theoretical and applied aspects of breeding fruits but also provides an authoritative manual of the conventional and new techniques used for increasing efficiency of crop improvement programmes. In specific chapters the book deals with crop taxonomy, genetic resources, floral biology, breeding objectives, inheritance patterns and information on new improved cultivars/hybrids. The fruit crops covered include mango, banana and plantain, citrus, papaya, litchi, guava, coconut, grape, pineapple, cashew, pomegranate, emblic, sapodilla, custard apple, avocado, jujube, jackfruit, mangosteen, carambola and persimmon.