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Record Nr.

UNINA9910865260203321

Autore

Rahemi Alireza

Titolo

The Almonds and Related Species : Identification, Characteristics and Uses / / by Alireza Rahemi, Thomas M. Gradziel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024

ISBN

9783031589386

9783031589379

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 pages)

Disciplina

577

Soggetti

Botany

Agriculture

Genetics

Landscape ecology

Plant Science

Genetics and Genomics

Landscape Ecology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. An introduction to almond species and their origins -- Chapter 2. Almond species classification -- Chapter 3. Characteristics of almond species -- Chapter 4. Identification of almond species by using markers -- Chapter 5. Self-incompatibility of almond species -- Chapter 6. Seed germination of almond species -- Chapter 7. Almond species traditional utilization -- Chapter 8. Enrichment of Breeding Germplasm.

Sommario/riassunto

Almond and peach species have global importance as food crops as well as use in landscaping including restoration and reforestation. Because currently available breeding germplasm has a very narrow genetic base, genetic improvement programs are turning to wild germplasm as sources of improved quality, productivity and resistance traits. This germplasm is also enabling the dramatic modification of traditional cropping systems as with the transfer of self-fruitfulness from related wild almond and peach species to normally self-sterile



cultivated almond. While presence of an extensive wild almond and related germplasm has been documented in the literature over the past century, most information remains dispersed and often not generally accessible owing to its publication in treatises and journals of limited distribution. This monograph brings together a comprehensive characterization of almond and its related species including the cultivated and wild peaches. Because it represents the only comprehensive source of information on almond, peach and their wild relatives, it represents a basic reference text of interest to researchers in both the basic and applied plant and ecological sciences.