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The world’s fruit industry is based on distinct clones that have uniquely desirable horticultural characteristics. The genetic improvement of fruits known as fruit breeding in its broadest sense has an ancient tradition that dates back to the
acceptable to consumers. Several breeding programs located at international research centers aim to advance crop productivity by focusing on disease resistance and agronomic and organoleptic traits ( Abadie et al., 2009 ; Bakry et al., 2009 ; Boissenet
droughts ( Wolfe et al., 2008 ), it is clear that efficient water use in the outdoor environment will become part of long-term public strategies for conserving natural resources. Improvements in efficiency of landscape irrigation delivery systems could
Kelly (1946) , grafting tomatoes using jimson weed ( Datura stramonium L.) as rootstock was practiced for many years in the southern United States to overcome root-knot nematodes. Isbell (1944) recommended this method to home gardeners based on their
carotenoid pathways. Genetic diversity in landraces of Capsicum in Mexico ( Aguilar-Melendez et al., 2009 ; Gonzalez-Jara et al., 2011 ; Pacheco-Olvera et al., 2012 ) and in Capsicum in home gardens in Guatemala ( Guzman et al., 2005 ) has been
) , LifeStyle Home (2013a) , Plant Lust Nurseries (2013b) , as O. japonicus , Mountain Crops Improvement Laboratory (from Carolina Nurseries). Accession : 2010–053. Observation : A slight variation of ‘Grandiflora Variegata’. Species historically
State Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S.D.A. under Agreement No. 2006-34402-17121, “Designing Foods for Health” through the Vegetable & Fruit Improvement Center, Texas A&M University. Response of the Ascorbate-glutathione Cycle and
Division of Agriculture. Recent years have had increased focus on the improvement of flavor in blackberries in the Arkansas program, and ‘Caddo’ was developed with the intention of advancing flavor to a higher level in an additional thornless blackberry
in the improvement of flavor in blackberries has been underway in the Arkansas program for a number of years, and ‘Osage’ was developed with the intention of advancing flavor to a higher level in a thornless blackberry cultivar. ‘Osage’ ripens
://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/features/handbooks/vegetableguide.html >. Lu, S.Y. Xue, Q.H. Zhang, D.P. Song, B.F. 1989 Sweet potato production and research in China 21 30 Improvement of sweet potato ( Ipomoea batatas ) in Asia International Potato Center Lima, Peru Rolston, L.H. Clark, C.A. Cannon, J.M. Randle, W.M. Riley