Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Potato - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1578087155 ISBN 13: 9781578087150

Publisher: CRC Press, 2011

Synopsis

In this volume, world leaders in potato research review historical and contemporary discoveries resulting in a range of advances. Topics include nutritional quality, yield, disease and insect resistance, processing, plant growth and development, and other aspects. The book also examines research yielding significant molecular resources that facilitate breeding, linkage and gene mapping, cytology, functional and structural genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics. Future research developments that are likely to significantly advance efforts to understand and improve the potato are also explored.

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About the Author

James M. Bradeen: University of Minnesota, Department of Plant Pathology, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

C. Kole: Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA

Visit the authors' webpage at: http://ppg.cfans.umn.edu/home/home.htm

From the Back Cover

In this volume, world leaders in potato research review historical and contemporary discoveries resulting in a range of advances. Topics include nutritional quality, yield, disease and insect resistance, processing, plant growth and development, and other aspects. The book also examines research yielding significant molecular resources that facilitate breeding, linkage and gene mapping, cytology, functional and structural genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics. Future research developments that are likely to significantly advance efforts to understand and improve the potato are also explored.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1578087155
• ISBN 13: 9781578087150
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 326
• Editor: Bradeen James M., Kole Chittaranjan