Jai Gopal, S. M. Khurana

Handbook of Potato Production, Improvement, and Postharvest Management (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Potatoes are a crucial food crop around the world, grown in nearly 150 countries. The Handbook of Potato Production, Improvement, and Postharvest Management compiles everything you need to know about potato crop production in one well-organized reference. Leading international authorities clearly discuss the biology, genetics, breeding, diseases, and effective approaches for improvement of crop and handling after harvest. This one-of-a-kind text explores, from interdisciplinary perspectives, every aspect of potato crop management from seed germination to end use while presenting the most current research available.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 638
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. August 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000065015
• Artikelnr.: 57903055

Autorenporträt

Jai Gopal, PhD, is Principal Scientist in the Division of Crop Improvement at the Central Potato Research Institute in Shimla, India. His research experience includes nearly three decades in potato genetics, breeding, and biotechnology. He has studied genetics and floral biology of the potato, has bred a number of potato varieties and parental lines, and has developed selection procedures combining in vitro and in vivo approaches. His work has appeared in Theoretical & Applied Genetics, Plant Breeding, Plant Cell Reports, Euphytica, and Potato Research.

S.M. Paul Khurana, PhD, is Vice-Chancellor at Rani Durgawati University in Jabal pur, India. He was National Coordinator of Potato for ten years and Director of the Central Potato Research Institute for three years. His research experience includes over three decades of work on plant viruses and viroids, and he is an expert in virus detection techniques. He standardized use of ELISA and ISEM for detection of potato viruses and developed simple techniques for screening resistance to potato viruses. His published works have appeared in various international journals. Dr. Khurana has also edited several books, conference proceedings, and journals.