Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources (eBook)
Wild crop relatives are now playing a significant part in the
elucidation and improvement of the genomes of their cultivated
counterparts. This work includes comprehensive examinations of the
status, origin, distribution, morphology, cytology, genetic
diversity and available genetic and genomic resources of numerous
wild crop relatives, as well as of their evolution and phylogenetic
relationship. Further topics include their role as model plants,
genetic erosion and conservation efforts, and their domestication
for the purposes of bioenergy, phytomedicines, nutraceuticals and
phytoremediation.
Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources
comprises 10 volumes on Cereals, Millets and Grasses, Oilseeds,
Legume Crops and Forages, Vegetables, Temperate Fruits, Tropical
and Subtropical Fruits, Industrial Crops, Plantation and Ornamental
Crops, and Forest Trees. It contains 125 chapters written by nearly
400 well-known authors from about 40 countries.
