Publisher's Synopsis
This textbook provides a balanced and contemporary account of the developments in the field of breeding tropical and subtropical fruits over fifty years. The opening chapter provides a fundamental introduction to the subject, alongside various methods of plant breeding. The most considerable section of the book details a discussion on breeding aspects of twenty economically important fruits of tropical and subtropical regions. Ray presents chapters on particular crops covering all major topics; breeding objectives, taxonomic diversity, variability in genetic resources, floral biology, hybridization technique, incompatibility, inheritance pattern, clonal selection, hybridization and evolution of new hybrids, polyploidy, mutation, and biotechnology.
