Table of Contents

Preface to the Series Preface to the Volume 1. Blueberry 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Basic Information on the Plant 1.3 Classical Genetics and Traditional Breeding 1.4 Diversity Analysis 1.5 Association Studies 1.6 Molecular Linkage Maps: Strategies, Resources, and Achievements 1.7 Evolution of DNA Markers 1.8 Construction of Genetic Linkage Maps 1.9 Molecular Mapping of Simply Inherited and Complex Traits 1.10 Molecular and Transgenic Breeding 1.11 Structural Genomics 1.12 Functional Genomics: Transcriptomics 1.13 Role of Bioinformatics as a Tool 1.14 Conclusions and Future Prospects 2. Cranberry 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Cranberry Genetic Resources 2.3 Cranberry Genome 2.4 Future Research and Perspectives 3. Raspberries and Blackberries 3.1 Rubus: A Preamble 3.2 Diversity Analysis 3.3 Classical Genetics and Conventional Breeding 3.4 Linkage Mapping and Molecular Breeding 3.5 Mapping of Simply Inherited Traits 3.6 Molecular Mapping of Complex Traits 3.7 Molecular Breeding 3.8 Genomics 3.9 Bioinformatic Resources 3.10 Genomic Resources, the Future 3.11 Future Prospects 4. Strawberry: Part 4.1 Fragaria History and Breeding 4. Strawberry: Part 4.2 Strawberry Genome Composition, Linkage Maps and Markers 4. Strawberry: Part 4.3 Strawberry Structural and Functional Genomics

About the Author

Kevin M. Folta, Horticultural Sciences Department, Institute for Food and Agriculture Sciences (IFAS), University of Florida. Chittaranjan Kole, Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, USA.