Ornamental Crops

Description

Ornamental plants are economically important worldwide. Both growers and consumers ask continuously for new, improved varieties. Although there are numerous ornamental species, ornamental plant breeding and plant breeding research is mainly limited to some major species. This book focuses on the recent advances and achievements in ornamental plant breeding. The first part of the book focuses on plant traits and breeding techniques that are typical for ornamental plants. Eminent research groups write these general chapters. For plant traits like flower colour or shape, breeding for disease resistance and vase or shelf life are reviewed. General technical plant breeding chapters deal with mutation breeding, polyploidisation, in vitro breeding techniques and new developments in molecular techniques. The second part of the book consists of crop-specific chapters. Here all economically major ornamental species are handled together with selected representative species from different plant groups (cut flowers, pot plants, woody ornamental plants). In these crop-specific chapters, the main focus is on recent scientific achievements over the last decade. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii The Role of Biodiversity and Plant Conservation for Ornamental Breeding (Chunlin Long, Zhe Chen, Ying Zhou, Bo Long)....Pages 1-12 The Genetic Basis of Floral Organ Identity and Its Applications in Ornamental Plant Breeding (Mathilde Chopy, Patrice Morel, Enrico Costanzo, Suzanne Rodrigues Bento, Pierre Chambrier, Michiel Vandenbussche)....Pages 13-28 Flower Color and Its Engineering by Genetic Modification (Naoko Okitsu, Naonobu Noda, Stephen Chandler, Yoshikazu Tanaka)....Pages 29-62 Breeding and Genetics for Shelf and Vase Life (Heiko Mibus)....Pages 63-95 Breeding for Disease Resistance in Ornamentals (Leen Leus)....Pages 97-125 Plant Tissue Culture Techniques for Breeding (Mark P. Bridgen, Wouter Van Houtven, Tom Eeckhaut)....Pages 127-144 Ploidy Breeding in Ornamentals (Tom Eeckhaut, Jeroen Van der Veken, Emmy Dhooghe, Leen Leus, Katrijn Van Laere, Johan Van Huylenbroeck)....Pages 145-173 Mutation Breeding in Ornamentals (Rusli Ibrahim, Zaiton Ahmad, Shakinah Salleh, Affrida Abu Hassan, Sakinah Ariffin)....Pages 175-211 New Developments in Molecular Techniques for Breeding in Ornamentals (Marinus J. M. Smulders, Paul Arens)....Pages 213-230 Alstroemeria (Mark P. Bridgen)....Pages 231-236 Azalea (Jan De Riek, Ellen De Keyser, Evelien Calsyn, Tom Eeckhaut, Johan Van Huylenbroeck, Nobuo Kobayashi)....Pages 237-271 Caladium (Zhanao Deng)....Pages 273-299 Calathea (Johan Van Huylenbroeck, Evelien Calsyn, Andy Van den Broeck, René Denis, Emmy Dhooghe)....Pages 301-318 Chrysanthemum (Jaap Spaargaren, Geert van Geest)....Pages 319-348 Dianthus (Takashi Onozaki)....Pages 349-381 Fuchsia (Mario G. R. T. de Cooker, Edwin J. Goulding, Jan H. Waldenmaier, Paul E. Berry)....Pages 383-405 Gerbera (Zhanao Deng, Krishna Bhattarai)....Pages 407-438 Helleborus (Emmy Dhooghe, Julia Sparke, Peter Oenings, Thierry Van Paemel, Marie-Christine Van Labeke, Traud Winkelmann)....Pages 439-452 Kalanchoë (Kathryn Kuligowska Mackenzie, Henrik Lütken, Lívia Lopes Coelho, Maja Dibbern Kaaber, Josefine Nymark Hegelund, Renate Müller)....Pages 453-479 Lilium (Jaap M. Van Tuyl, Paul Arens, Arwa Shahin, Agnieszka Marasek-Ciołakowska, Rodrigo Barba-Gonzalez, Hyoung Tae Kim et al.)....Pages 481-512 Limonium (Ed Morgan, Keith Funnell)....Pages 513-527 Ornamental Pepper (Elizanilda Ramalho do Rêgo, Mailson Monteiro do Rêgo)....Pages 529-565 Phalaenopsis (Chia-Chi Hsu, Hong-Hwa Chen, Wen-Huei Chen)....Pages 567-625 Primula (Juntaro Kato, Mayuko Inari-Ikeda, Mai Hayashi, Junji Amano, Hiroaki Ohashi, Masahiro Mii)....Pages 627-647 Ranunculus (Margherita Beruto, Mario Rabaglio, Serena Viglione, Marie-Christine Van Labeke, Emmy Dhooghe)....Pages 649-671 Rhododendron (Stephen L. Krebs)....Pages 673-718 Rose (Leen Leus, Katrijn Van Laere, Jan De Riek, Johan Van Huylenbroeck)....Pages 719-767 Tulip (Teresa Orlikowska, Małgorzata Podwyszyńska, Agnieszka Marasek-Ciołakowska, Dariusz Sochacki, Roman Szymański)....Pages 769-802 Woody Ornamentals of the Temperate Zone (Katrijn Van Laere, Stan C. Hokanson, Ryan Contreras, Johan Van Huylenbroeck)....Pages 803-887