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Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Vegetable Crops

Volume 10: Leaves, Flowerheads, Green Pods, Mushrooms and Truffles

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Editors:
  1. Jameel M. Al-Khayri

    1. Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia

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  2. S. Mohan Jain

    1. Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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  3. Dennis V. Johnson

    1. Cincinnati, USA

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  • Reviews research advances in the genetic improvement of important vegetable crops

  • Combines conventional breeding and biotechnology for the improvement of individual crops

  • Presents achievements and prospects of innovative molecular breeding tools

  • Addresses biodiversity, conservation and utilization in reference to the global climate change

  • Provides appendixes of available genetic resources and concerned research institutes

  • Chapters are written by an assemblage of internationally reputed scientists

  • Concepts are illustrated with high quality 91 color figures and 73 tables

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Leaves

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Advances in Chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) Breeding Strategies

      • Laila Aldahak, Khaled F. M. Salem, Salih H. F. Al-Salim, Jameel M. Al-Khayri
      Pages 3-57

    3. Chinese Cabbage (Brassica rapa L. var. pekinensis) Breeding: Application of Molecular Technology

      • Takumi Okamoto, Xiaochun Wei, Hasan Mehraj, Mohammad Rashed Hossain, Ayasha Akter, Naomi Miyaji et al.
      Pages 59-94

    4. Breeding Advances and Prospects in Rocket Salad (Eruca vesicaria ssp. sativa Mill.) Cultivation

      • Pasquale Tripodi, Paula Santos Coelho, Carla Guijarro-Real
      Pages 95-133

    5. Spring Onion (Allium fistulosum L.) Breeding Strategies

      • Fatimah Kayat, Arifullah Mohammed, Ahmed Mahmood Ibrahim
      Pages 135-182

    6. Water Spinach (Ipomoea aquatica Forsk.) Breeding

      • Moumita Gangopadhyay, Anup Kumar Das, Subhendu Bandyopadhyay, Samanwita Das
      Pages 183-215

    7. Watercress (Nasturtium officinale R. Br.) Breeding

      • Mohammadreza Hassandokht, Sajad Jafari, Raheleh Ebrahimi
      Pages 217-243

  3. Flowerheads and Green Pods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 245-245
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    2. Advances in Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis L.) Breeding, with Emphasis on India

      • Shrawan Singh, Pritam Kalia
      Pages 247-301

    3. Globe Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus L.) Breeding

      • Fernando López-Anido, Eugenia Martin
      Pages 303-330

    4. Breeding Strategies of Garden Pea (Pisum sativum L.)

      • Amal M. E. Abdel-Hamid, Khaled F. M. Salem
      Pages 331-377

    5. Genetic Improvement of Yardlong Bean (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. ssp. sesquipedalis (L.) Verdc.)

      • Saidaiah Pidigam, Vishnukiran Thuraga, Someswar Rao Pandravada, Sivaraj Natarajan, Srivani Adimulam, Geetha Amarapalli et al.
      Pages 379-420

  4. Mushrooms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 421-421
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    2. Enoki Mushroom (Flammulina velutipes (Curtis) Singer) Breeding

      • Ved P. Sharma, Anupam Barh, Rakesh Kumar Bairwa, Sudheer K. Annepu, Babita Kumari, Shwet Kamal
      Pages 423-441

    3. Shiitake Mushroom (Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Sing.) Breeding in China

      • Quanju Xiang, Bilal Adil, Qiang Chen, Yunfu Gu, Xianfu Zeng, Xinzhu Li
      Pages 443-476

  5. Truffles

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 477-477
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    2. Desert Truffles (Terfezia spp.) Breeding

      • Asunción Morte, Francisco Arenas, José E. Marqués-Gálvez, Alberto Andrino, Ángel L. Guarnizo, Almudena Gutiérrez et al.
      Pages 479-504

    3. Enhancing White Truffle (Tuber magnatum Picco and T. borchii Vittad.) Cultivation Through Biotechnology Innovation

      • Alessandra Zambonelli, Mirco Iotti, Federico Puliga, Ian R. Hall
      Pages 505-532

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 533-540
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About this book

Plant breeders and geneticists are under constant pressure to sustain and expand food production by using innovative breeding strategies and introducing minor crops, which are well adapted to marginal lands, provide a source of nutrition, and have abiotic and biotic stress tolerance, to feed an ever-increasing human population. The basic concept of this book is to examine the use of innovative methods, augmenting traditional plant breeding, towards the improvement and development of new crop varieties, under the increasingly limiting environmental and cultivation factors, to achieve sustainable agricultural production and enhanced food security. Three volumes of the book series Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies were published in 2015, 2016 and 2018, respectively: Volume 1. Breeding, Biotechnology and Molecular Tools; Volume 2. Agronomic, Abiotic and Biotic Stress Traits and Volume 3. Fruits. In 2019, the following four volumes were published: Volume 4. Nut and Beverage Crops, Volume 5. Cereals, Volume 6. Industrial and Food Crops and Volume 7. Legumes. In 2021, three volumes are being concurrently published: Volume 8. Vegetable Crops: Bulbs, Roots and Tubers, Volume 9. Vegetable Crops: Fruits and Young Shoots and Volume 10. Vegetable Crops: Leaves, Flowerheads, Green Pods, Mushrooms and Truffles. 

This Volume 10, subtitled Vegetable Crops: Leaves, Flowerheads, Green Pods, Mushrooms and Truffles, consists of 14 chapters focusing on advances in breeding strategies using both traditional and modern approaches for the improvement of individual vegetable crops. Chapters are arranged in 4 parts according to the edible vegetable parts. Part I: Leaves - Chicory (Cichorium intybus L.), Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L. var. pekinensis), Rocket salad (Eruca vesicaria ssp. sativa Mill.), Spring onion (Allium fistulosum L.),Water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica Forsk.) and Watercress (Nasturtium officinale R. Br.); Pat II: Flowerheads and Green Pods - Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis L.), Globe artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus L.), Garden pea (Pisum sativum L.) and Yardlong bean (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. ssp.  sesquipedalis (L.) Verdc.); Part III: Mushrooms - Enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes (Curtis) Singer) and Shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Sing.); Part IV: Truffles - Desert truffles (Terfezia spp.) and White truffle (Tuber magnatum Picco and T. borchii Vittad.). Each chapter comprehensively reviews the contemporary literature on the subject and reflects the experiences of the authors. Chapters are written by internationally-reputable scientists and subjected to a review process to assure quality presentation and scientific accuracy. Each chapter begins with an introduction covering related backgrounds and provides in-depth discussion of the subject supported with high-quality color photos, illustrations and relevant data. The chapter concludes with recommendations for future research directions, a comprehensive list of pertinent references to facilitate further reading, and appendixes of genetic resources and concerned research institutes. This book series is a valuable resource for advanced students, researchers, scientists, commercial producers and seed companies as well as consultants and policymakers interested in agriculture, particularly in modern breeding technologies. 



Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia

    Jameel M. Al-Khayri

  • Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    S. Mohan Jain

  • Cincinnati, USA

    Dennis V. Johnson

About the editors

Prof. Jameel M. Al-Khayri is a Professor of plant biotechnology affiliated with the Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia. He received B.S. in Biology in 1984 from the University of Toledo, M.S. in Agronomy in 1988, and Ph.D. in Plant Science in 1991 from the University of Arkansas.
Prof. Shri Mohan Jain is a Consultant and Plant Biotechnologist, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; received M. Phil, 1973 and Ph.D., 1978, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

Prof. Dennis V. Johnson is a Consultant and Former University Professor. He is a graduate of the University of California Los Angeles where he completed his B.A. (1966), M.A. (1970) and Ph.D. (1972) degrees in geography, with specialization in agriculture and biogeography. 




Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Vegetable Crops

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 10: Leaves, Flowerheads, Green Pods, Mushrooms and Truffles

  • Editors: Jameel M. Al-Khayri, S. Mohan Jain, Dennis V. Johnson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66969-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-66968-3Published: 27 August 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-66971-3Published: 28 August 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-66969-0Published: 25 August 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 540

  • Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations, 76 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Agriculture, Plant Sciences

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