Fruit Breeding: 2nd Fully Revised And Enlarged Edition

Anil Kumar Shukla, Arun Kumar Shukla, M.B. Noor Mohamed, Akath Singh and Divya Tiwari

ISBN 10: 9389130468 / ISBN 13: 9789389130461

Published by New India Publishing Agency, 2019

About this Item

The pressure of an ever-increasing population and periodic famine due to unexpected flood and drought has forced and awakened the horticultural scientist, to evolve new plant types for diversified use. Besides, some limitations in the improvement of fruit crop such as long juvenile phase, high heterozygosity, limited information on inheritance pattern, excessive fruit drop, parthenocarpy and lesser number of seeds per fruit, hybridization, selection, mutation and other tools of fruit breeding have resulted in the development of a number of varieties in mango, grape, papaya, banana and guava for various purposes. The present 2nd fully revised and enlarged edition of the much awaited book "Fruit Breeding Approaches and Achievements" is ventured with the objective to provide latest possible information on basic approaches in fruit breeding, breeding for biotic stresses resistance, use of plant growth regulators in fruit improvement, improvement of important fruit crops such as mango, banana, papaya, grape, guava, citrus, ber, aonla, pomegranate, date palm, litchi, coconut, cashewnut, pineapple, temperate and underutilized fruits in a broad spectrum.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fruit Breeding: 2nd Fully Revised And Enlarged Edition
• Publisher: New India Publishing Agency
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9389130468
• ISBN 13: 9789389130461
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The pressure of an ever-increasing population and periodic famine due to unexpected flood and drought has forced and awakened the horticultural scientist, to evolve new plant types for diversified use. Besides, some limitations in the improvement of fruit crop such as long juvenile phase, high heterozygosity, limited information on inheritance pattern, excessive fruit drop, parthenocarpy and lesser number of seeds per fruit, hybridization, selection, mutation and other tools of fruit breeding have resulted in the development of a number of varieties in mango, grape, papaya, banana and guava for various purposes.
The present 2nd fully revised and enlarged edition of the much awaited  book “Fruit Breeding Approaches and Achievements” is ventured with the objective to provide latest possible information on basic approaches in fruit breeding, breeding for biotic stresses resistance, use of plant growth regulators in fruit improvement, improvement of important fruit crops such as mango, banana, papaya, grape, guava, citrus, ber, aonla, pomegranate, date palm, litchi, coconut, cashewnut, pineapple, temperate and underutilized fruits in a broad spectrum.

About the Authors

Associate Professor at Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur

Principal Scientist (Fruit Science) at ICAR-IARI, Regional Station, Amartara Cottage, Shimla

Scientist (Agroforestry) at ICAR- Central Arid Zone Research Institute, RRS, Pali Marwar