Breeding Research on Aromatic and Medicinal Plants
The field of medicinal/aromatic plant breeding is growing and changing-this resource will help you stay up to date!

In this essential book, researchers from large and small laboratories and institutions throughout Europe and the Mediterranean region explore recent developments in the selection and breeding of aromatic and medicinal plants. They take varied approaches-from traditional breeding to the use of molecular markers-and complement them with up-to-date information on biodiversity and resource conservation.

From the editors: 'It is widely recognized that a strategy of ‘conservation through use,’ by which plant collection via wild harvesting is replaced by controlled cultivation, is the best way forward if we are to balance human demands with the necessary conservation of the biodiversity represented by these species. That provides one major driving force for research in this field. Another concerns the very real need for improving the quality control of products on the market, both to satisfy consumer demand and to conform with the (justifiably) increasing requirements for standardization and precise identification of the composition of the plant materials being sold for human use. We hope that this volume will give readers a taste of the exciting developments in the field.'

Breeding Research on Aromatic and Medicinal Plants examines:
  • breeding for resistance and abiotic factors
  • manipulating natural product accumulation through genetic engineering
  • biochemical and molecular regulation of essential oil accumulation
  • economic and legal considerations that breeders will encounter
  • the ethical aspects of breeding these plants
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Breeding Research on Aromatic and Medicinal Plants
The field of medicinal/aromatic plant breeding is growing and changing-this resource will help you stay up to date!

In this essential book, researchers from large and small laboratories and institutions throughout Europe and the Mediterranean region explore recent developments in the selection and breeding of aromatic and medicinal plants. They take varied approaches-from traditional breeding to the use of molecular markers-and complement them with up-to-date information on biodiversity and resource conservation.

From the editors: 'It is widely recognized that a strategy of ‘conservation through use,’ by which plant collection via wild harvesting is replaced by controlled cultivation, is the best way forward if we are to balance human demands with the necessary conservation of the biodiversity represented by these species. That provides one major driving force for research in this field. Another concerns the very real need for improving the quality control of products on the market, both to satisfy consumer demand and to conform with the (justifiably) increasing requirements for standardization and precise identification of the composition of the plant materials being sold for human use. We hope that this volume will give readers a taste of the exciting developments in the field.'

Breeding Research on Aromatic and Medicinal Plants examines:
  • breeding for resistance and abiotic factors
  • manipulating natural product accumulation through genetic engineering
  • biochemical and molecular regulation of essential oil accumulation
  • economic and legal considerations that breeders will encounter
  • the ethical aspects of breeding these plants
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Breeding Research on Aromatic and Medicinal Plants

Breeding Research on Aromatic and Medicinal Plants

by Christopher B Johnson, Chlodwig Franz
Breeding Research on Aromatic and Medicinal Plants

Breeding Research on Aromatic and Medicinal Plants

by Christopher B Johnson, Chlodwig Franz

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The field of medicinal/aromatic plant breeding is growing and changing-this resource will help you stay up to date!

In this essential book, researchers from large and small laboratories and institutions throughout Europe and the Mediterranean region explore recent developments in the selection and breeding of aromatic and medicinal plants. They take varied approaches-from traditional breeding to the use of molecular markers-and complement them with up-to-date information on biodiversity and resource conservation.

From the editors: 'It is widely recognized that a strategy of ‘conservation through use,’ by which plant collection via wild harvesting is replaced by controlled cultivation, is the best way forward if we are to balance human demands with the necessary conservation of the biodiversity represented by these species. That provides one major driving force for research in this field. Another concerns the very real need for improving the quality control of products on the market, both to satisfy consumer demand and to conform with the (justifiably) increasing requirements for standardization and precise identification of the composition of the plant materials being sold for human use. We hope that this volume will give readers a taste of the exciting developments in the field.'

Breeding Research on Aromatic and Medicinal Plants examines:
  • breeding for resistance and abiotic factors
  • manipulating natural product accumulation through genetic engineering
  • biochemical and molecular regulation of essential oil accumulation
  • economic and legal considerations that breeders will encounter
  • the ethical aspects of breeding these plants

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780789019738
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 10/08/2002
Pages: 456
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Christopher B Johnson, Chlodwig Franz

Table of Contents

Preface: Breeding Research on Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, Conventional Breeding, Breeding for Resistance to Biotic and Abiotic Factors in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: General Situation and Current Results in Annual Caraway (Carum carvi L. var. annum), Combining Ability of Origanum majorana L. Hybrids: Sensorial Quality, Influence of Selection of Inbreeding on Origanum majorana L., Combining Ability of Origanum majorana L. Strains-Agronomical Traits and Essential Oil Content: Results of the Field Experiment Series in 1999, Distribution of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in Crossing Progenies of Petasites hybridus, Breeding of Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum) Resistant to Fusarium Wilt Caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. basilicum, The Impact of Drought Stress and/or Nitrogen Fertilization in Some Medicinal Plants, Fertility of Echinacea angustifolia Moench and Linum usitatissimum L. After Herbicide Treatment, Seed Yields, Yield Components, and Essential Oil of Selected Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) Lines, Changes in Germination Capacity of Foeniculum vulgare Mill. Taxa, Investigations on the Infraspecific Variability of Hypericum perforatum L., First Field Trials of Borage (Borago officinalis L.) in Andalusia (Southern Spain) as a Source of 'Biological' Gamma Linolenic Acid, Ontogenetic Variation Regarding Hypericin and Hyperforin Levels in Four Accessions of Hypericum perforatum L., Breeding Improvement of Laurus nobilis L. by Conventional and In vitro Propagation Techniques, Breeding for a Hypericum perforatum L. Variety Both Productive and Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Tolerant, Evaluation of Spontaneous Oleander (Nerium oleander L.) as a Medical Plant, Myrtle (Myrtus communis L.) as a New Aromatic Crop: Cutivar Selection, Selection of Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) Cultivar
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