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Oilseeds
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2007; US$ 299.99Part of the "Genome Mapping and Molecular Breeding in Plants" series, this book provides information on Oilseeds. It covers oil-producing field crops such as soybeans, oilseed rape, peanuts, sunflowers, Indian mustard, Brassica rapa, black mustard and flax. It also covers several crops with other uses besides yielding oils. more...
Technical Crops
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2007; US$ 249.99Part of a series that presents the status of the elucidation and improvement of plant genomes of economic interest, this volume includes plants of great agricultural importance. It contains a chapter on cotton, an important fiber crop. It offers reviews on oil palm, coffee, tea, cocoa, and rubber, describing traditional breeding. more...
Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops
Springer 2007; US$ 299.99Includes reviews in 15 chapters contributed by 47 eminent scientists from 10 countries. This work presents fundamental aspects and molecular results for eight "orphan crops" of high agroeconomic importance, including mungbean, lentil, chickpea, lathyrus, pigeonpea, sweet potato, cassava, and yam. more...
Fruits and Nuts
Springer 2007; US$ 209.99Part of the "Genome Mapping and Molecular Breeding in Plants" series, this book includes the chapters on 20 fruit and nut crops authored by 56 renowned scientists from 12 countries. It also includes the reviews on mango, banana, olive, pineapple, pistachio, persimmon and papaya. more...
Cereals and Millets
Springer 2006; US$ 249.99Part of the series "Genome Mapping and Molecular Breeding in Plants", this book covers Cereals and Millets, which form the leading group of field crops, providing staple food for most of the earth's population. It emphasises on advanced research on the major crops, including the model plants maize and rice, and on road maps of genomic... more...
Forest Trees
Springer 2007; US$ 239.99Forest trees cover one third of the global land surface, constitute many ecosystems, and play a pivotal role in the world economy. This volume details Populus trees, pines, Fagaceae trees, eucalypts, spruces, Douglas fir and black walnut, and offers a first-ever detailed review of Cryptomeria japonica. It thoroughly discusses innovative strategies... more...
Vegetables
Springer 2007; US$ 299.99Part of a series that presents the status of the elucidation and improvement of plant genomes of economic interest. This volume contains reviews in 12 chapters, covering tomato, lettuce, radish, carrot, beet, eggplant, cucurbits, onion, garlic and other crops included in Brassica rapa, Brassica oleracea, capsicums and cucurbits. more...
Transgenic Crop Plants
Springer 2010; US$ 159.99Development of transgenic crop plants, their utilization for improved agriculture, health, ecology and environment and their socio-political impacts are currently important fields in education, research and industries and also of interest to policy makers, social activists and regulatory and funding agencies. This work prepared with a class-room approach... more...
Transgenic Crop Plants
Springer 2010; US$ 179.99Development of transgenic crop plants, their utilization for improved agriculture, health, ecology and environment and their socio-political impacts are currently important fields in education, research and industries and also of interest to policy makers, social activists and regulatory and funding agencies. This work prepared with a class-room approach... more...
Wild Crop Relatives
Springer 2010; US$ 169.99Wild crop plants play a significant part in the elucidation and improvement of the genomes of their cultivated counterparts. The 10-volume Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources offers a comprehensive examination of wild crops as a gold mine for breeding. It details the status, origin, distribution, morphology, cytology, genetic diversity... more...









