Fruit Breeding is the eighth volume in the Handbook of Plant Breeding
series. Like the other volumes in the series, this volume presents
information on the latest scientific information in applied plant
breeding using the current advances in the field, from an efficient use
of genetic resources to the impact of biotechnology in plant breeding.
The majority of the volume showcases individual crops, complemented by
sections dealing with important aspects of fruit breeding as trends,
marketing and protection of new varieties, health benefits of fruits and
new crops in the horizon. The book also features contributions from
outstanding scientists for each crop species.
Maria Luisa Badenes
Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Valencia, Spain
David Byrne
Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College
Station, TX, USA