Fruit Breeding, 2012 Handbook of Plant Breeding Series, Vol. 8

Fruit Breeding is the eighth volume in the Handbook of Plant Breeding series. Like the other volumes in the series, this volume presents information on the latest scientific information in applied plant breeding using the current advances in the field, from an efficient use of genetic resources to the impact of biotechnology in plant breeding. The majority of the volume showcases individual crops, complemented by sections dealing with important aspects of fruit breeding as trends, marketing and protection of new varieties, health benefits of fruits and new crops in the horizon. The book also features contributions from outstanding scientists for each crop species.

Maria Luisa Badenes

Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Valencia, Spain

David Byrne

Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

Chapter 1 Trends in Fruit Breeding

David H. Byrne

Chapter 2 Developing Fruit Cultivars with Enhanced Health Properties

Michael J. Wargovich, Jay Morris, Vondina Moseley, Rebecca Weber, David H. Byrne

Chapter 3 Intellectual Property Protection and Marketing of New Fruit Cultivars

John R. Clark, Amelie Brazelton Aust, Robert Jondle

Chapter 4 Emerging Fruit Crops

Kim E. Hummer, Kirk W. Pomper, Joseph Postman, Charles J. Graham, Ed Stover, Eric W. Mercure, Malli Aradhya, Carlos H. Crisosto, Louise Ferguson, Maxine M. Thompson, Patrick Byers,  Francis Zee

Chapter 5 Blackberry

Chad E. Finn, John R. Clark

Chapter 6 American Cranberry

Nicholi Vorsa, Jennifer Johnson-Cicalese

Chapter 7 Grape

Bruce I. Reisch, Christopher L. Owens, Peter S. Cousins

Chapter 8 Raspberry

Chaim Kempler, Harvey Hall, Chad E. Finn

Chapter 9 Strawberry
Craig K. Chandler, Kevin Folta, Adam Dale, Vance M. Whitaker, Mark Herrington

Chapter 10 Apple

Susan Brown

Chapter 11 European Pear

Luca Dondini, Silviero Sansavini

Chapter 12 Apricot

Tatyana Zhebentyayeva1, Craig Ledbetter, Lorenzo Burgos, Gerardo Llácer

Chapter 13 Cherry

Frank Kappel, Andrew Granger, Károly Hrotkó, Mirko Schuster

Chapter 14 Peach

Maria Bassols Raseira, David H. Byrne, Daniele Bassi, Maria Claudia Piagnani, Ksenija Gasic, Gregory L. Reighard, María Angeles Moreno, Salvador Perez

Chapter 15 Plum

Bruce L. Topp, Dougal M. Russell, Michael Neumüller, Marco A. Dalbó, Weisheng Liu

Chapter 16 Citrus

Patrick Ollitrault, and Luis Navarro

Chapter 17 Persimmon

Masahiko Yamada, Edgardo Giordani and Keizo Yonemori

Chapter 18 Almond

Rafael Socias i Company, José Manuel Alonso, Ossama Kodad, Thomas M. Gradziel

Chapter 19 Chestnut

Santiago Pereira-Lorenzo, Antonio Ballester, Elena Corredoira, Ana M. Vieitez, Sandra Agnanostakis, Rita Costa, Giancarlo Bounous, Roberto Botta, Gabriele L. Beccaro, Thomas L. Kubisiak, Marco Conedera, Patrik Krebs, Toshiya Yamamoto, Yutaka Sawamura, Norio Takada, José Gomes-Laranjo, Ana M. Ramos-Cabrer

Chapter 20 Pecan

Tommy E. Thompson, Patrick J. Conner

Chapter 21 Pistachio

Dan E. Parfitt, Salih Kafkas, Ignasi Batlle, Francisco J. Vargas, Craig E. Kallsen

Chapter 22 Walnut

Gale McGranahan, Charles Leslie

Presents the latest scientific information in applied plant breeding

Features the current advances in the field, from an efficient use of genetic resources to the impact of biotechnology in plant breeding

Illustrated with both detailed line drawings and color photos

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras