This book represents the first comprehensive compilation of deliberations on botany; germplasm and genetic resources; genetic diversity; classical genetics & traditional breeding; tissue culture & genetic transformation; detailed information on molecular maps & mapping of economic genes and QTLs; whole genome sequencing of the nuclear genome and sequencing of organellar genomes; and elucidation of functional genomics. It also addresses alternate flowering, a unique problem in mango, and discusses currently available genomic resources and databases.

 

Gathering contributions by globally reputed experts, the book will benefit all students, teachers, and scientists in academia and at private companies interested in horticulture, genetics, breeding, pathology, entomology, physiology, molecular genetics and breeding, in vitro culture & genetic engineering, and structural and functional genomics.