About the Book
Part I
Industrial Plants
1
Brassica Rapa
Tom Lawrenson, Cassandra Goldsack, Lars Ostergaard, and Penny Hundleby Nee Sparrow
2
Cotton (Gossypium Hirsutum L.)
Keerti S. Rathore, Leanne M. Campbell, Shanna Sherwood, and Eugenia Nunes
3
Jatropha (Jatropha Curcas L.)
Devendra Kumar Maravi, Shamsher Alam, Purabi Mazumdar, Vaibhav V Goud, and Lingaraj Sahoo
4
Sesame (Sesamum Indicum L.)
Sonia Kapoor, Sanjay S. Parmar, Manju Yadav, Darshna Chaudhary, Manish Sainger, Ranjana Jaiwal, and Pawan K. Jaiwal
5
Sunflower (Helianthus Annuus L.)
Laura M. Radonic, Dalia M. Lewi, Nilda E. López, H. Esteban Hopp, Alejandro S. Escandón, and Marisa López Bilbao
Part II
Root Plants
6
Carrot (Daucus Carota L.)
Owen S. D. Wally and Zamir K. Punja
7
Cassava (Manihot Esculenta Cranz)
Simon E. Bull
8
Potato (Solanum Tuberosum L.)
Martha L. Orozco-Cárdenas, Venkateswari J. Chetty, and Javier Narváez-Vásquez
9
Taro (Colocasia Esculenta (L.) Schott)
Xiaoling He, Susan C Miyasaka, Maureen MM Fitch, and Yun J Zhu
Part III
Nuts And Fruits
10
Apricot (Prunus Armeniaca L.)
César Petri, Nuria Alburquerque and Lorenzo Burgos
11
Blueberry (Vaccinium Corymbosum L.)
Guo-Qing Song
12
Cherry
Guo-Qing Song
13
Chestnut, American (Castanea Dentata (Marsh.) Borkh.)
Charles A. Maynard, Linda D. Mcguigan, Allison D. Oakes, Bo Zhang, Andrew E. Newhouse, Lilibeth C. Northern, Allison M. Chartrand, Logan R. Will, Kathleen M. Baier, and William A. Powell
14
Chestnut, European (Castanea Sativa)
Elena Corredoira, Silvia Valladares, Ana M. Vieitez, and Antonio Ballester
15
Grapevine (Vitis Vinifera L.)
Laurent Torregrosa, Sandrine Vialet, Angélique Adivèze, Pat Iocco-Corena, and Mark R. Thomas
16
Melon (Cucumis Melo)
Satoko Nonaka and Hiroshi Ezura
17
Peach (Prunus Persica L.)
Silvia Sabbadini, Tiziana Pandolfini, Luca Girolomini, Barbara Molesini, and Oriano Navacchi
18
Strawberry (Fragaria X Ananassa)
Roberto Cappelletti, Silvia Sabbadinim, and Bruno Mezzetti
19
Walnut (Juglans)
Charles A. Leslie, Sriema L.Walawage, Sandra L. Uratsu, Gale Mcgranahan, and Abhaya M. Dandekar
Part IV
Tropic Plants
20
Citrus Transformation Using Juvenile Tissue Explants
Vladimir Orbovic and Jude W. Grosser
21
Citrus Transformation Using Mature Tissue Explants
Vladimir Orbovic, Alka Shankar, Michael E. Peeples, Calvin Hubbard, and Janice Zale
22
Coffee (Coffea Arabica L.)
Eveline Déchamp, Jean-Christophe Breitler, Thierry Leroy, and Hervé Etienne
23
Pineapple [Ananas Comosus (L.) Merr.]
Gaurab Gangopadhyay and Kalyan K Mukherjee
24
Sugarcane (Saccharum Spp. Hybrids)
Hao Wu and Fredy Altpeter
Part V
Other Important Plants
25
Hemp (Cannabis Sativa L.)
Mistianne Feeney and Zamir K. Punja
26
Orchids (Cymbidium Spp., Oncidium And Phalaenopsis)
Chia-Wen Li, Chia-Hui Liao, Xia Huang, and Ming-Tsair Chan
27
Poinsettia (Euphorbia Pulcherrima Willd. Ex Klotzsch)
M Ashraful Islam, Tage Thorstensen, and Jihong Liu Clarke
28
Populus Trichocarpa
Quanzi Li, Ting-Feng Yeh, Chenming Yang, Jingyu
