Biotechnology in Horticulture
Biotechnology in Horticulture Methods and Applications
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Contents Devotion ............................................................................................
v
Foreword ........................................................................................... vii Preface ..............................................................................................
ix
Acknowledgement ..............................................................................
xi
List of Contributors ............................................................................ xiii Introduction ...................................................................................... 1.
Transgenic Ornamentals with Reduced Ethylene Production and Perception ..................................................
xv 1
Shigeru Satoh, Yusuke Kosugi and Takako Narumi 2.
DNA Barcoding and its Applications in Horticultural Crops.......................................................................................
25
Deepu Mathew 3.
Genome Mapping and Gene Tagging for Marker Assisted Selection.................................................................
51
R. Sujatha and K.V. Peter 4.
Climate Change Research Amenities with Special Emphasis on CO2 Fertilization Effect ................................. Debashis Chakraborty and Sourav Saha
73
Contents/xxiv 5.
Advances in Molecular Breeding of Perennial Spice Crops ....................................................................................
113
K. Nirmal Babu, V.A. Parthasarathy and K.V. Peter 6.
Molecular Stress Biology of Spice Plants- A New Frontier of Plant Improvement ........................................... 133 E V Soniya and Sweda Sreekumar
7.
Mycorrhizal Symbiosis for Sustainable Horticulture....... 155 D. J. Bagyaraj
8.
Carbohydrate Metabolism During Fruit Spoilage.............. 179 Neelima Garg and V.K.Singh
9.
Processing Potatoes in Sub-Tropical Climates ................... 199 Dinesh Kumar, Parveen Kumar, SK Pandey and SV Singh
10.
Postharvest Physiology and Technology of Pomegranate Fruit ....................................................................................... 215 Sunil Pareek
11.
Probiotic Functional Foods in Recent Times ...................... 255 Renu Agrawal
12.
Recent Trends in Food Biotechnology for Value Addition with Special Reference to Probiotics................. 275 Renu Agrawal
13.
Aflatoxin Contamination in Chilli and its Management.... 287 S. Sudha and M. K. Naik
14.
Hybrid Vigour in Ash Gourd............................................... 313 L.Pugalendhi, V.Rajashree, S.Praneetha and S.Natarajan
15.
Safe Management of Borers in Vegetables ....................... 333 R. Srinivasan
16.
Mode and Mechanism of Pollination in Horticultural Crops....................................................................................... 359 Vanaja, T. Index ...................................................................................... 373
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