Vegetable Breeding (Theory And Practice)

by Pradeepkumar, T. Sadhankumar

Overview

The book "Vegetable Breeding-Theory and Practice" covers genetics and breeding of important vegetable crops grown in India with emphasis on the plant breeding work conducted at various SAUs and ICAR institutes. Book follows the syllabi prescribed by ICAR for M.Sc and PhD programmes in Vegetable science and will be an excellent ready reference for the teachers and students pursuing course on vegetable breeding. This book will meet the requirement of vegetable breeders working in public and private sector. Introduction chapter details the general breeding methods, origin of vegetable crops, specific methods used for self pollinated, cross pollinated and asexually propagated vegetable crops and biometrics. Chapters pertaining on crops details the origin, taxonomy, distribution, floral biology, genetics of important traits with published gene list, breeding objective, breeding methods, advancement in biotechnology and breeding achievement highlighted in the form of public sector released varieties. Recent references provided at the end of each chapter will be helpful for gathering further information. Authors are involved in teaching and research on vegetable crops at the graduate and post graduate level and exhaustively compiled the recent developments in each crop for presenting the same in a cognitive fashion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789387813298
Publisher:	Arts & Science Academic Publishing
Publication date:	06/30/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	514
File size:	17 MB
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About the Author

Dr. Pradeepkumar, T completed his BSc (Agriculture) and MSc (Horticulture) from Kerala Agricultural University and PhD Horticulture from IARI, New Delhi. He has undergone overseas training at University of Wisconsin, USA. Acted as a member of BSMA (Broad subject Area Committee) constituted by Indian Council of Agricultural Research to formulate the National PG syllabi in Horticulture. He is also a recognized guide at national level for Joint Science Academies Summer Research Fellowship Programme for students and teachers. He has won Dr. Harbhajan singh award in vegetable science and received award in fourth and fifth Indian Horticulture Congress for his research accomplishment. He is the Managing Editor of research journal, Journal of Tropical Agriculture, published by Kerala Agricultural University. He has published 46 research papers, 7 books and contributed 9 book chapters.



Dr. Sadhan Kumar P.G. is working in the capacity of Professor and Principal Investigator of the All India Co-Ordinated Vegetable Improvement Project. He took his Ph.D from Kerala Agricultural University and he has got more than 30 years experience in vegetable research and teaching. He is the breeder of 10 high yielding varieties of vegetable crops. He has guided many Post graduate and Ph. D students and has published more than 60 research papers in the field of vegetable research and contributed 12 book chapters.