Name: The Almonds and Related Species: Identification, Characteristics and Uses
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Author: Rahemi, Alireza ; Gradziel, Thomas M.
ISBN: 9783031589379

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The Almonds and Related Species: Identification, Characteristics and Uses

Type

Physical Book

Author

Alireza Rahemi

Thomas M. Gradziel

Publisher

Springer

Language

English

Pages

190

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9783031589379

Synopsis "The Almonds and Related Species: Identification, Characteristics and Uses"

Almond and peach species have global importance as food crops as well as use in landscaping including restoration and reforestation. Because currently available breeding germplasm has a very narrow genetic base, genetic improvement programs are turning to wild germplasm as sources of improved quality, productivity and resistance traits. This germplasm is also enabling the dramatic modification of traditional cropping systems as with the transfer of self-fruitfulness from related wild almond and peach species to normally self-sterile cultivated almond. While presence of an extensive wild almond and related germplasm has been documented in the literature over the past century, most information remains dispersed and often not generally accessible owing to its publication in treatises and journals of limited distribution. This monograph brings together a comprehensive characterization of almond and its related species including the cultivated and wild peaches. Because it represents the only comprehensive source of information on almond, peach and their wild relatives, it represents a basic reference text of interest to researchers in both the basic and applied plant and ecological sciences.