Breeding for Fruit Quality (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Jenks, Matthew A.; Bebeli, Penelope

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The global demand for high quality fruits that are rich in nutrients and that can endure the demands of worldwide supply chains is growing rapidly. Fruits are an important component of the human diet, providing vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and fiber. All of these qualities contribute to the nutritional needs and health maintenance of humans. Breeding for Fruit Quality reviews the application of modern plant breeding methods to the development of improved varieties of fruits. Breeding for Fruit Quality opens with chapters that look at fruit biology and breeding strategies behind specific traits, including a look at traits such as organoleptic quality, nutritional value, and improved yield, among others. Subsequent chapters review breeding efforts to improve overall quality in a wide range of specific fruits. Providing broad ranging coverage of cutting edge methods now being applied to the development of fruit crops, Breeding for Fruit Quality will be a valuable resource for fruit biologists, breeders, geneticists, and industry personnel. Key Features: * Broad coverage of modern breeding technologies being implemented to improve overall fruit quality * Trait specific chapters explore efforts to promote traits of industrial and nutritional importance * Chapters in fruits, ranging from apple and grapes to tomatoes and olives, provide detailed coverage of breeding practices for economically important fruit crops

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470959343
• Artikelnr.: 38198730

Autorenporträt

Editors: Matthew A. Jenks is Professor of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture at the Center for Plant Environmental Stress Physiology at Purdue University. Penelope J. Bebeli is Professor in the Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Biometry in the Department of Crop Science at the Agricultural University of Athens.

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors.

Preface.Section 1. Introduction.

Chapter 1 - The biological basis of fruit quality.

Section 2. Strategies for improving specific fruit quality traits.

Chapter 2 - Fruit organoleptic properties and potential for their genetic improvement.

Chapter 3 - Breeding for fruit nutritional and nutraceutical quality.

Chapter 4 - Fruit shelf life and potential for its genetic improvement.

Chapter 5 - Breeding hypoallergenic fruit.

Chapter 6 - Impact of breeding and yield on fruit, vegetable and grain nutrient content.

Chapter 7 - Transgenic approaches to improve fruit quality.

Section 3. Improving the quality of specific fruits

Chapter 8 - Breeding for fruit quality in apple.

Chapter 9 - Breeding for fruit quality in Prunus.

Chapter 10 - Breeding for fruit quality in strawberry.

Chapter 11 - Molecular breeding of grapevine for aromatic quality and other traits relevant to viticulture.

Chapter 12 - Breeding for fruit quality in melon.

Chapter 13 - Breeding for fruit quality in tomato.

Chapter 14 - Breeding for fruit quality in pepper (Capsicum spp.).

Chapter 15 - The time and place for fruit quality in olive breeding.

Chapter 16 - Breeding for fruit quality in Citrus.

Index.

Color plate is located between pages 306 and 307.