Breeding of Horticultural Crops: Vol 2: Tropical Fruits

This is the second volume in the series Breeding Horticultural crop. This volume deals with Tropical fruits. There are eighteen chapters written by eminent fruit breeders of India. The chapters cover species and cultivars, cytogenetics, genetic resources, blossom biology, breeding objectives, approaches to crop improvement (introduction, selection, hybridization, mutation breeding, polyploidy and breeding for specific traits), marker assisted selection.