@article{1439207,
      recid = {1439207},
      author = {Al-Khayri, Jameel M. and Jain, S. Mohan. and Johnson,  Dennis Victor,},
      title = {Advances in plant breeding strategies,, Volume 10,:  Vegetable crops.},
      pages = {1 online resource (545 pages)},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {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. Recent  volumes published in 2021 include: 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, Chinese cabbage, Rocket  salad, Spring onion, Water spinach and Watercress; Pat II:  Flowerheads and Green Pods - Cauliflower, Globe artichoke,  Garden pea and Yardlong bean; Part III: Mushrooms - Enoki  mushroom and Shiitake mushroom; Part IV: Truffles - Desert  truffles and White truffle. 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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1439207},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66969-0},
}