Coconut Biotechnology: Towards the Sustainability of the 'Tree of Life' (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)

Widely known as the 'tree of life', coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) provides a bountiful source for making a wide variety of healthy foods and industrial items. Its cultivation, however, has been encountering seriously destructive issues including lethal diseases and natural adversities which are currently distressing livelihoods of millions of small-holder farmers around the world. There is an urgent mandate to resolve these issues by meeting sustainable seedling production, facilitating genetic conservation, as well as developing disease identification and modern breeding. This book introduces improvements in coconut biotechnology by covering the advances in micropropagation, germplasm conservation, and molecular pathogenic diagnosis. This comprehensive volume will be a useful source of information and references to researchers, graduate students, agricultural developers, and scholars in the plant sciences. In order to benefit general readers, the book also covers fundamental aspects of biology, diversity, and evolution of this marvelous palm species.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	June 2020
First published:	2020
Editors:	Steve Adkins • Mike Foale • Roland Bourdeix • Quang Nguyen • Julianne Biddle
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	282
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-044987-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > Plant physiology > General
LSN:	3-03-044987-4
Barcode:	9783030449872

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