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• 1. The role of epigenetic transcriptional regulation in Brassica vegetables: a potential resource for epigenetic breeding
• 2. Melon (Cucumis melo L.): Genomics and Breeding
• 3. Ash gourd genomics: achievements, challenges and future perspectives
• 4. Understanding the Genetics and Genomics of Vegetable Grafting to ensure Yield Stability
• 5. Biotechnological implications in tomato for drought stress tolerance
• 6. Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) breeding from classical to genomics-centric approach
• 7. Impact of Biotic and Abiotic Stress on Onion Production: Potential Mitigation Approaches in Modern Era
• 8. Advances in Summer Squash (Cucurbita pepo L.) Molecular Breeding Strategies
• 9. Enhancing Spinacia oleracea L. Breeding in the Post Genomics era
• 10. Breeding strategies of beetroot and a future vision in the post-genomic era
• 11. Advances in Lettuce (Lactuca spp.) Molecular Breeding Strategies
• 12. Integrated use of molecular and omics approaches for breeding high yield and stress resistance Chili peppers
• 13. Smart Plant Breeding for Potato in the Post Genomics Era
• 14. Current overview of breeding and genomic studies of white button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus)
• 15. Insight into carrot carotenoids in post-genomic world for higher nutrition
• 16. Advances in potato breeding for abiotic stress tolerance
• 17. Genomics Assisted Breeding for Abiotic Stress in Pisum crop.

This book dispenses a comprehensive coverage of up-to-date account of genomics and genome editing enriched smart plant breeding approaches for enhancing genetic gains in vegetable crops in the post-genomics era. The main focus of the present volume is to illuminate the applications of new techniques evolved in the post-genomics era. The techniques covered are high-throughput sequencing of DNA and RNA, genome editing, epigenetics and epigenomics, genotype by sequencing (GBS), QTL-seq and RNA-seq for transcriptome analysis. Vegetables are the important component of healthy diet, source of energy and hold a promising position in building up a strong immunity. Zero hunger and attaining the food and nutritional security is the top priority of United Nations development goals. Smart breeding of food and vegetable crops to fight the challenges ahead in sustainable manner by keeping the harmony with nature is an important approach to fulfill the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs). This edited book highlights the modern results in smart vegetable breeding in the post genomics era and forecasts crucial areas of future needs. It is an important reference for the, readers, students, researchers, scientists in academia and research industries to provide them comprehensive information of innovative approaches for crop improvement in the post-genomics era and in the era of and climate change. Even the readers, academia, social activists, and others fond of reading will get a fair idea of journey travelled so far and future roadmap for fighting the challenges ahead to meet the sustainable development goals.
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• 1. Phenomics science : an integrated inter-disciplinary approach for crop improvement / Bisma Malik, Tanveer Bilal Pirzadah, Irfan Qureshi, Inayatullah Tahir, Imtiyaz Murtaza, and Reiaz Ul Rehman
• 2. Genomic and transcriptomic approaches for quality improvement in oilseed brassicas / Abha Agnihotri, Manoj Kumar, Divya Kilam, and Jasroop K. Aneja
• 3. A recap on quantitative trait loci associated with disease resistance in food legumes / Rashmi Rai, A.K. Singh, Sajad Majeed Zargar, and B.D. Singh
• 4. Genomic and proteomic tools for understanding mysterious protein dioscorin from Dioscorea tuber / Shruti Sharma and Renu Deswal
• 5. Small RNAs-I : role as developmental and adaptive regulators in plants / Saurabh Anand, Neer K. Singh, and Sandip Das
• 6. Small RNAs-II : mode of action and potential applications in plant improvement / Neer K. Singh, Saurabh Anand, and Sandip Das
• 7. Plant Molecular Breeding : way forward through next-generation sequencing / Saima Khan, Pankaj Pandotra, Ajai Prakash Gupta, R.K. Salgotra, Malik Muzafar Manzoor, Sajad Ahmad Lone, and Suphla Gupta
• 8. Integration of omics approaches for low-phosphorus tolerance in maize / Mohammed Shalim Uddin, A.B.M. Khaldun, and M. Tofazzal Islam
• 9. Omics : modern tools for precise understanding of drought adaptation in plants / Karaba N. Nataraja, Madhura Bhat G., and Parvathi M.S.
• 10. Salinity stress : omics approaches / Nisha Khatri and Yashwanti Mudgil
• 11. Unraveling the abiotic stress tolerance in common bean through omics / Reetika Mahajan, Muslima Nazir, Nusrat Sayeed, Vandna Rai, Roohi Mushtaq, Khalid Z. Masoodi, Shafiq A. Wani, Uneeb Urwat, Sheezan Rasool, R. K. Salgotra, and Sajad Majeed Zargar
• 12. Proteomics of seed development : a case study of rice and soybean / Ravi Gupta, Chul Woo Min, Yong Chul Kim, Soon Wook Kwon, Ganesh Kumar Agrawal, Randeep Rakwal, and Sun Tae Kim
• 13. Understanding abiotic stress tolerance in plants by proteomics approach / Vaseem Raja, Mubashir Ahmad Wani, Umer Majeed Wani, Nelofer Jan, and Riffat John
• 14. Potentialities of proteomics for generating abiotic stress tolerant crop species / Ram Kumar, Neha Jain, Vagish Mishra, Nisha Singh, Pragya Mishra, Sajad Majeed Zargar, Ajay Jain, Nagendra Kumar Singh, and Vandna Rai
• 15. Strategies for breeding cereal crops to attain sustainability with major emphasis on rice / R.K. Salgotra, B.B. Gupta, and Meenakshi Raina

• part 1. Plant breeding under adverse conditions of acid soils
• part 2. Horticultural crop science
• part 3. Ecological peculiarities of the foothills of the Northen Caucasus : cytogenetic anomalies of the local human population
• part 4. Phenogenetic studies of cultivated plants and biological properties of the seeds
• part 5. Anthropogenic pressure on environmental and plant diversity
• part 6. Methods of evaluation of the quantitative and qualitative characters of selection samples

• Mountain Biota of Cultivated Meadow Pasture in North Caucasus. Cultivation of Legume Grasses for Seeds in Mountain Zones. Introduced Forms of Red Clover (Trifolium Pratense L.) for Hayfield Pasture Use. Restoration of Biodiversity in Mount Plant Communities by Means of Selection. Ways of Increasing Productivity of Amaranth in the Conditions of North Ossetia-Alania (Russia). Plant Breeding in the Western Siberia: Agro-Ecological Approaches. The Susceptibility of Factors of the Surrounding Environment on Seed Germination Characteristics and Biological Resistance of Hybrids Triticum Aestivum L. Study on Ecological and Biological Potential and the Forming of Gene Pool of Cereal and of Official Plants. Basic Properties of Sod-Podzolic Soil of the North Territories of the Tyumen Region. Relationship Between Soybean Cultivars, SPAD 502 Chlorophyll Meter Readings and Rhizobia Inoculation in Western Siberia. Stability of Cultural Cereals to Phytopathogenic Fungis of Genus Fusarium Link on the South Tyumen Region. Ecological and Biological Potential and Forming of Gene Pool of Cultural Plants. Plant Breeding in the Ukraine: Agro-Ecological Approaches. Method for Evaluation of Regeneration Potential of Pear Cultivars and Species (Pyrus L.). Variability of Combining Abilities of MS (Male Sterility) Lines and Sterility Binders of Sugar Beets as to Sugar Content. The Efficiency of the Use of Crop Produce for Alternative Fuel Production. Sugar Beet Root Rots During Vegetation Periods in Ukraine. A Role of Chemical Mutagenesis in Induction of Biodiversity of Agricultural Plants. Chemical Mutagenesis as Enlargement Method of Genetical Diversity of Initial Material in Plant Breeding. To the Question About Cytogenetic Mechanism of Chemical Mutagenesis. Index.
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With contributions from leading scientists in agricultural biology and young researchers, this book examines the ecological consequences that sometimes arise with various methods of increasing crop productivity. It also presents agroecological approaches to crop improvement and productivity from several perspectives, examines alternative energy sou.
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• Chapter 1 Dani Zamir: Pioneer in Tomato Genetics and Quantitative Trait Dissection I.L. Goldman Chapter 2 Muscadine Grape Breeding Patrick J. Conner Chapter 3 Breeding Intermediate Wheatgrass for Grain Production Prabin Bajgain1, Jared L. Crain2, Douglas J. Cattani3, Steven R. Larson4, Kayla R. Altendorf5, James A. Anderson1, Timothy E. Crews6, Ying Hu7, Jesse A. Poland8, M. Kathryn Turner6, Anna Westerbergh9, Lee R. DeHaan6
• Chapter 4 Understanding Environmental Modulation of Heterosis Zhi Li1, Jiabin Sun1, Candice N. Hirsch2
• Chapter 5 Breeding of hemp (Cannabis sativa) Lawrence B. Smart, Jacob A. Toth, George M. Stack, Luis A. Monserrate, and Christine D. Smart
• Chapter 6 Genetic Resources and Breeding Priorities in Phaseolus Beans: Vulnerability, Resilience, and Future Challenges
• Travis A. Parker1, Jorge Acosta Gallegos2, James Beaver3, Mark Brick4, Judith K. Brown5, Karen Cichy6, Daniel G. Debouck7, Alfonso Delgado-Salinas8, Sarah Dohle9, Emmalea Ernest10, Consuelo Estevez de Jensen3, Francisco Gomez11, Barbara Hellier12, Alexander V. Karasev13, James D. Kelly11, Phillip McClean14, Phillip Miklas15, James R. Myers16, Juan M. Osorno14, Julie S. Pasche14, Marcial A. Pastor-Corrales17, Timothy Porch18, James R. Steadman19, Carlos Urrea20, Lyle Wallace12, Christine H. Diepenbrock1, Paul Gepts1*
• Chapter 7 Club wheat - A review of club wheat history, improvement, and spike characteristics in wheat
• Kimberly A. Garland-Campbell
• Chapter 8 Predicting Genotype x Environment x Management (GxExM) Interactions for Design of Crop Improvement Strategies: Integrating Breeder, Agronomist, and Farmer Perspectives
• Mark Cooper1,2 Carlos D Messina3,4 Tom Tang3 Carla Gho3 Owen M Powell1,2 Dean W Podlich3 Frank Technow5 Graeme L. Hammer1, Chapter 9 Root Phenes for Improving Nutrient Capture in Low Fertility Environments Christopher F. Strock1 and Hannah M. Schneider2
• Chapter 10 Role of the Genomics-Phenomics-Agronomy Paradigm in Plant Breeding
• Chunpeng James Chen Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA--
• Jessica Rutkoski Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA--
• James C. Schnable Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA--
• Seth C. Murray Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA--
• Lizhi Wang Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA--
• Xiuliang Jin Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Ecology, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100081, China--
• Benjamin Stich Institute for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics of Plants-- Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany--
• Jose Crossa International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Km 45 Carretera Mexico-Veracruz, Texcoco, Edo. de Mexico, Mexico--
• Ben J. Hayes Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland, Australia.
• Zhiwu Zhang* Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA--
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• List of Contributors xi 1 Dani Zamir: Pioneer in Tomato Genetics and Quantitative Trait Dissection 1 Irwin L. Goldman I. Introduction 2 II. Understanding Quantitative Genetic Variation 4 III. Cloning of Quantitative Trait Loci 6 IV. Characterization of Genetic Phenomena 7 V. Sequencing the Tomato Genome 9 VI. Practical Plant Breeding 10 VII. Scientific Impact 13 VIII. List of Scientific Journal Publications of Dani Zamir 14 Literature Cited 30 2 Muscadine Grape Breeding 31 Patrick J. Conner and Margaret L. Worthington I. Introduction 32 II. History of Improvement 38 III. Breeding Techniques 49 IV. Molecular Breeding Resources 52 V. Breeding for Specific Characters 58 VI. Intersubgeneric Hybridization 79 VII. Future Prospects 104 Literature Cited 106 3 Breeding Intermediate Wheatgrass for Grain Production 119 Prabin Bajgain, Jared L. Crain, Douglas J. Cattani, Steven R. Larson, Kayla R. Altendorf, James A. Anderson, Timothy E. Crews, Ying Hu, Jesse A. Poland, M. Kathryn Turner, Anna Westerbergh, and Lee R. DeHaan I. Introduction 122 II. Plant Biology and Behavior 125 III. History of IWG Breeding 140 IV. Breeding Methodologies by Program 146 V. Breeding Goals and Progress 162 VI. Modern Breeding Tools 175 VII. Rate of Intermediate Wheatgrass Domestication 190 VIII. Future Directions 195 Literature Cited 197 4 Understanding Environmental Modulation of Heterosis 219 Zhi Li, Jiabin Sun, and Candice N. Hirsch I. Introduction of Heterosis 220 II. Models and Mechanisms to Explain Heterosis 221 III. Genotype-by-Environment Interaction 224 IV. Inbred Lines Generally Have More Instability Across Environments than Hybrids 226 V. Higher Heterosis Levels are Observed Under Stress Conditions 227 VI. Variation in Heterosis is also Observed Under Natural Conditions 231 VII. Conclusion and Future Prospects 232 Literature Cited 233 5 Breeding of Hemp (Cannabis sativa) 239 Lawrence B. Smart, Jacob A. Toth, George M. Stack, Luis A. Monserrate, and Christine D. Smart I. Introduction 240 II. Taxonomy and Domestication of Hemp 245 III. Sex Determination in Hemp 247 IV. Control of Pollination 250 V. Breeding and Selection Schemes 255 VI. Target Traits for Genetic Improvement 259 VII. Germplasm Resources 277 VIII. Genomic Resources 278 IX. Future Directions 279 Literature Cited 279 6 Genetic Resources and Breeding Priorities in Phaseolus Beans : Vulnerability, Resilience, and Future Challenges 289 Travis A. Parker, Jorge Acosta Gallegos, James Beaver, Mark Brick, Judith K. Brown, Karen Cichy, Daniel G. Debouck, Alfonso Delgado-Salinas, Sarah Dohle, Emmalea Ernest, Consuelo Estevez de Jensen, Francisco Gomez, Barbara Hellier, Alexander V. Karasev, James D. Kelly, Phillip McClean, Phillip Miklas, James R. Myers, Juan M. Osorno, Julie S. Pasche, Marcial A. Pastor-Corrales, Timothy Porch, James R. Steadman, Carlos Urrea, Lyle Wallace, Christine H. Diepenbrock, and Paul Gepts I. Description of Crop Vulnerability and Its Relevance in Phaseolus 294 II. Background on the Origin, Diversification, and Domestication of the Genus Phaseolus 296 III. Urgency and Extent of Crop Vulnerabilities and Threats to Food Security 318 IV. Genetic Erosion in the Centers of Origin 325 V. Status of Plant Genetic Resources in the NPGS 352 VI. Genomic and Genotypic Characterization Data 361 VII. Prospects, Future Development, and Gaps in Genetic Diversity 371 VIII. Epilogue 381 Literature Cited 385 7 Club Wheat
• A Review of Club Wheat History, Improvement, and Spike Characteristics in Wheat 421 Kimberly A. Garland-Campbell I. Introduction 423 II. Spike Architecture in Grasses 424 III. Club Wheat History 426 IV. Club Wheat Breeding 432 V. Major Genes for Control of Spike Charactersitics in Wheat 444 VI. Conclusion 454 Literature Cited 455 8 Predicting Genotype x Environment x Management (G x E x M) Interactions for the Design of Crop Improvement Strategies: Integrating Breeder, Agronomist, and Farmer Perspectives 467 Mark Cooper, Carlos D. Messina, Tom Tang, Carla Gho, Owen M. Powell, Dean W. Podlich, Frank Technow, and Graeme L. Hammer I. Three Perspectives of G x E x M Interactions 470 II. Foundations for G x E x M Prediction 476 III. The Breeder's Equation and Beyond 480 IV. G x E x M Considerations for Designing Multi-Environment Trials 482 V. Breeder's Questions: G E x M --> G x (E x M) 510 VI. Agronomist's Questions: G x E x M --> M x (E x G) 520 VII. Farmer's Questions: G x E x M --> (G x M) x E 525 VIII. Integrating the Different G x E x M Perspectives 531 IX. G x E x M Predictions Beyond the Training Data Boundaries 548 X. Prediction-Based Crop Improvement: Future Prospects 555 Literature Cited 560 9 Root Phenes for Improving Nutrient Capture in Low-Fertility Environments 587 Christopher F. Strock and Hannah M. Schneider I. The Need for Nutrient-Efficient Crops 589 II. Root Phenes are Important for Resource Aqusition and Plant Growth 590 III. Root Ideotypes for Improved Nutrient Acquisition 596 IV. Phenotyping Methodology and Technology 605 V. Deployment Strategies for Root Phenes in Crop Breeding Programs 610 VI. Conclusions 614 Literature Cited 615 10 Role of the Genomics--Phenomics--Agronomy Paradigm in Plant Breeding 627 Chunpeng James Chen, Jessica Rutkoski, James C. Schnable, Seth C. Murray, Lizhi Wang, Xiuliang Jin, Benjamin Stich, Jose Crossa, Ben J. Hayes, and Zhiwu Zhang I. Introduction 630 II. Agronomy and Genomics (A-G) 631 III. Genomics and Phenomics (G-P) 636 IV. Phenomics and Agronomy (P-A) 641 V. Merge G-P-A through GWAS 644 VI. Merge G-P-A through Blup 647 VII. Merge G-P-A through Bayesian Methods 649 VIII. Merge G-P-A through Ml 654 IX. Conclusion and Future Prospects 658 Literature Cited 659 Cumulative Contributor Index 675 Cumulative Subject Index 685.
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Plant Breeding Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods. Many of the crops widely grown today stem from a very narrow genetic base; understanding and preserving crop genetic resources is vital to the security of food systems worldwide. The emphasis of the series is on methodology, a fundamental understanding of crop genetics, and applications to major crops.
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• GENETIC DIVERSITY, EROSION, CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION - CASH CROPS
• Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1: Cash crops: An introduction
• Part I: Beverages
• Chapter 2: Cocoa
• Chapter 3: Coffee
• Part II: Industrial crops
• Chapter 4: Sugarcane
• Chapter 5: Rubber
• Chapter 6: Jute
• Part III: Oil seeds
• Chapter 7: Coconut
• Chapter 8: Oil Palm
• Chapter 9: Mustard
• Part IV: Pulses
• Chapter 10: Groundnut
• Chapter 11: Lentil
• Part V: Fruits and nuts
• Chapter 12: Date palm
• Chapter 13: Tomato
• Chapter 14: Cashewnut
• Part VI: Spices
• Chapter 15: Cardamom.
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Cash crops are grown and sold for monetary gain and not necessarily for sustenance. They include coffee, tea, coconut, cotton, jute, groundnut, castor, linseed, cocoa, rubber, cassava, soybean, sweet potato, potato, wheat, corn and teff. While some of these crops have been improved for realizing yield potential, breeding of many of them is still in infancy. Crops that underwent rigorous breeding have eventually lost much of the diversity due to extensive cultivation with a few improved varieties and the diversity in less bred species is to be conserved. Over the past years, scholars and policy makers have become increasingly aware of the short and long-run impact of climatic factors on economic, food security, social and political outcomes . Genetic diversity, natural and induced, is much needed for the future generations to sustain food production with more climate resilient crops. In contrast, crop uniformity produced across the farm fields in the form of improved varieties is genetically vulnerable to biotic and abiotic stresses. Thus, it is essential and challenging to address the issue of compromising between maximizing crop yield under a given set of conditions and minimizing the risk of crop failure when conditions change. Cash crops are grown in an array of climatic conditions. Many of the world's poor still live in rural areas. Many are subsistence farmers, operating very small farms using very little agricultural inputs for achieving marketable outputs. Conserving the diversity of these crops and addressing all issues of crop culture through modern tools of biotechnology and genomics is a real challenge. We believe the focus of this book is to fill an unmet need of this and other grower communities by providing the necessary knowledge, albeit indirectly via the academics, to manage the risks of cash crops breeding through managing genetic diversity.
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• 1. Recent advances in plant adaptation to climate change - An introduction to compatible solutes
• 2. Osmosensing and signaling in plants - Potential role in crop improvement under climate change
• 3. Amino acids other than proline and their participation in abiotic stress tolerance
• 4. Engineering glycine betaine biosynthesis in alleviating abiotic stress effects in plants
• 5. Improvement of abiotic stress tolerance by modulating polyamine pathway in crop plants
• 6. Engineering fructan biosynthesis against abiotic stress
• 7. The -Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) towards abiotic stress tolerance
• 8. Sugar alcohols and osmotic stress adaptation in plants
• 9. Crosstalk of compatible solutes with other signalling pathways in plants
• 10. Effect and importance of compatible solutes in plant growth promotion under different stress conditions
• 11. Compatible solute engineering: An approach for plant growth under climate change.
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Plants, being sessile and autotrophic in nature, must cope with challenging environmental aberrations and therefore have evolved various responsive or defensive mechanisms including stress sensing mechanisms, antioxidant system, signaling pathways, secondary metabolites biosynthesis, and other defensive pathways among which accumulation of osmolytes or osmo-protectants is an important phenomenon. Osmolytes with organic chemical nature termed as compatible solutes are highly soluble compounds with no net charge at physiological pH and nontoxic at higher concentrations to plant cells. Compatible solutes in plants involve compounds like proline, glycine betaine, polyamines, trehalose, raffinose family oligosaccharides, fructans, gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA), and sugar alcohols playing structural, physiological, biochemical, and signaling roles during normal plant growth and development. The current and sustaining problems of climate change and increasing world population has challenged global food security. To feed more than 9 billion, the estimated population by 2050, the yield of major crops needs to be increased 1.1-1.3% per year, which is mainly restricted by the yield ceiling. A major factor limiting the crop yield is the changing global environmental conditions which includes drought, salinity and extreme temperatures and are responsible for a reduction of crop yield in almost all the crop plants. This condition may worsen with a decrease in agricultural land or the loss of potential crop yields by 70%. Therefore, it is a challenging task for agricultural scientists to develop tolerant/resistant varieties against abiotic stresses. The development of stress tolerant plant varieties through conventional breeding is very slow due to complex multigene traits. Engineering compatible solutes biosynthesis by deciphering the mechanism behind the abiotic tolerance or accumulation in plants cell is a potential emerging strategy to mitigate adverse effects of abiotic stresses and increase global crop production. However, detailed information on compatible solutes, including their sensing/signaling, biosynthesis, regulatory components, underlying biochemical mechanisms, crosstalk with other signaling pathways, and transgenic development have not been compiled into a single resource. Our book intends to fill this unmet need, with insight from recent advances in compatible solutes research on agriculturally important crop plants.
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• Marigold
• Bougainvillea
• Carnation
• Chrysanthemum
• Gladiolus
• Lilium
• Alstroemeria
• Rose
• Tulip
• Annuals
• Traditional bulbous plants
• Pot plants
• Orchids
• Landscaping
• Gerbera
• Jasmine
• Tuberose
• Hibiscus
• Modern techniques for plant breeding in ornamentals
• Dischidia, Medinilla and Nepenthes
• Value Addition: Dehydration of Flowers and Foliage and Floral Craft.

The volume on oilseed crops is developed as a part of a series on "Handbook of Agrobiodiversity: Conservation and Use of Plant Genetic Resources". The handbook would function as a ready reference book for availability of PGR globally, along with specific source, wherefrom they can be procured, and used breeding programs, particularly to overcome various crop production constraints and to improve productivity and quality. The volume on floriculture and ornamental plants will be the source of basic information on origin and evolution and global dispersal of cultivated species of ornamentals. Presently, floriculture has established its credibility in improving income through increased productivity, generating employment and in enhancing exports. All research and developmental activities on ornamental crops are essentially multi-disciplinary in nature recognizing local issues as well as country issue. Floriculture is developing as an area of high technology based frontier interdisciplinary area on scientific excellence. Floriculture has progressed both scientifically and commercially due to concentrated efforts made on multidisciplinary research. It is developing as an area of high technology based frontier interdisciplinary area on scientific excellence. The volume will contain all information about different ornamentals. This shall be put together to develop a complete documentation of the results of the research and demonstrations conducted by different scientists. The volume will provide an illustrated horto-taxonomical account of important ornamental species and cultivars, germplasm status and their usages, propagation, nursery management, techno-economics, conventional breeding, induced mutagenesis, new varieties, cytogenetics, tissue culture, characterization of varieties, dehydration of flowers etc. This volume will give a coherent and concise account on recent developments. It will deal with all the important and relevant aspects of floriculture. The publication of this volume is planned to reveal multifarious activities done on different aspects of floriculture so that innovations made so far can be used judiciously for this sector. This book shall provide authoritative review account of many aspects of current interest and progress in the field of floriculture. The topics included in the book are interdisciplinary and cater not only classical floriculture but also relevant modern aspects. The book will provide valuable data on different aspects and will be widely accepted by by professional scientists, researchers, teachers, students, floriculturists, technocrats and planners. The volume will be an invaluable asset to floriculture scientists.