Molecular Systematics and Evolution, M.A. Koch and I.A. Al-Shehbaz
Phylogeny of Brassica and Wild Relatives, S.I. Warwick and J.C. Hall
Biology and Ecology of Wild Crucifers, A. Pratap and S.K. Gupta
Floral Variation in the Subtribe Brassicinae with Special Reference to Pollination Strategies and Pollen-Ovule Ratios, Y. Takahata
Breeding Methods, S.K. Gupta and A. Pratap
Self-Incompatibility, H. Kitashiba and T. Nishio
Wild Germplasm and Male Sterility, S. Prakash, S.R. Bhat, and T.-D. Fu
Plant–Insect Interaction, D.P. Abrol
Seed Dormancy and Viability, M.S. Naeem, D. Liu, R. Raziuddin, G.L. Wan, G.X. Tang, and W.J. Zhou
Comparative Cytogenetics of Wild Crucifers (Brassicaceae), M.A. Lysak
Distant Hybridization, Y. Kaneko, S.W. Bang, and Y. Matsuzawa
Phytoalexins, M. Soledade C. Pedras, and Q. Zheng
Introgression of Genes from Wild Crucifers, H. Qiong, L. Yunchang, and M. Desheng
Biotechnology, V. Cardoza and C.N. Stewart, Jr.
Microsporogenesis and Haploidy Breeding, A. Pratap, S.K. Gupta, and Y. Takahata
Genetic Improvement in Vegetable Crucifers, P. Kalia
Industrial Products, C.D. Zelmer and P.B.E. McVetty
Collection, Preservation, and Distribution of Wild Genetic Resources, C. Gómez-Campo
Index
Biography
Dr. Gupta is on the faculty at S.K. University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology in Jammu, India.
The book contains 18 review chapters by different authors of various aspects of the Cruciferae. The general theme is the genetic exploitation of wild species, with some emphasis on Asian oil-seed species. Several chapters are authoritative and comprehensive, covering systematics and evolution, manipulation of the sexual process, interspecific hybridization, cytogenetics and gene introgression. Some topics (e.g. cytoplasmic male sterility, C3-C4 photosynthesis, somatic hybridization) are repeated in separate chapters. The figures within each chapter are monochrome and some are of poor quality, but are replicated in high quality colour in a separate section in the centre of the book. These reviews are likely to make the book valuable to researchers and plant breeders for at least a decade.
- Peter Crisp writing in Expl Agric. (2010), volume 46 (1), C Cambridge University Press 2009
