Biology of Hevea Rubber
by Priyadarshan, P. M.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2011-05-30
Publisher(s): Cab Intl
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Summary
Rubber is an economically important material that occurs naturally and can be produced synthetically. Many advances have been made in the understanding of the cultivation and biology of the rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis, and this book covers the essential elements of rubber breeding and physiology to provide a guide for cultivators and researchers of this vital crop. It provides an in-depth analysis of plant structure and crop physiology, climatic requirements, latex production, genetics and breeding, biotechnology, molecular biology, soil tillage and crop establishment, nutrition, weed control, processing and quality.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. viii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Genesis and Development | p. 7 |
| The Amazon River Basin | p. 7 |
| History of Domestication | p. 10 |
| Plant Structure and Ecophysiology | p. 17 |
| Reproductive Biology and Botany | p. 17 |
| Flowering | p. 18 |
| Fruit set | p. 21 |
| Post-fertilization events | p. 23 |
| Seed | p. 24 |
| Vegetative growth | p. 25 |
| Wintering | p. 25 |
| Root system | p. 26 |
| Juvenile and mature characteristics | p. 27 |
| Growth studies | p. 27 |
| Root heterogeneity and stock-scion interactions | p. 29 |
| Propagation | p. 30 |
| Polyclonal seed generation | p. 31 |
| Vegetative methods | p. 31 |
| Ecophysiology | p. 40 |
| Photosynthetic efficiency | p. 41 |
| Dry matter production and water use efficiency (WUE) | p. 42 |
| Latex Production, Diagnosis and Harvest | p. 46 |
| Latex | p. 46 |
| Rubber particles | p. 47 |
| Organic non-rubber constituents | p. 49 |
| Nucleic acids and polysomes | p. 51 |
| Latex Metabolism | p. 52 |
| Factors regulating metabolism of latex | p. 54 |
| Latex Vessels and Turgor Pressure | p. 55 |
| Anatomy and Latex Flow | p. 58 |
| Lutoids and Coagulation of Latex | p. 61 |
| Lutoid breakdown mechanisms | p. 62 |
| Harvest | p. 63 |
| Tapping notations | p. 64 |
| Tapping techniques | p. 67 |
| Factors affecting tapping efficiency | p. 69 |
| Yield stimulation | p. 69 |
| Tapping Panel Dryness (TPD) | p. 71 |
| Genetics and Breeding | p. 74 |
| Genetic Resources | p. 74 |
| Heuea as a species complex | p. 74 |
| Distribution of allied species | p. 75 |
| New genetic resources | p. 70 |
| Early History of Rubber Breeding | p. 80 |
| Evaluation of Clones | p. 81 |
| Recombination Breeding | p. 81 |
| Breeding Pattern | p. 88 |
| Selection | p. 90 |
| Hevea Clones | p. 98 |
| Biotechnology and Molecular Biology | p. 101 |
| In Vitro Culture | p. 101 |
| Anther culture | p. 102 |
| Somatic embryogenesis and meristem culture | p. 103 |
| Protoplast culture and embryo rescue | p. 107 |
| Direct gene transfer | p. 108 |
| Molecular Breeding | p. 110 |
| Non-expressed molecular genetic markers (MGMs) | p. 111 |
| Molecular genetic diversity | p. 113 |
| Paternity identification | p. 117 |
| Genetic mapping | p. 117 |
| Expressed genes in Hevea | p. 121 |
| Soil Tillage, Crop Establishment and Nutrition | p. 126 |
| Chemical Properties | p. 128 |
| Planting Density | p. 129 |
| Resource Capture in Intercropping Systems | p. 131 |
| Constraints - Environmental and Biological | p. 134 |
| Non-traditional Environments and Geoclimatic Stresses | p. 134 |
| Hevea Grown Under Marginal Conditions | p. 135 |
| Abiotic stress factors | p. 140 |
| Rubber-growing regions of India, Thailand and Vietnam | p. 142 |
| Rubber-growing regions of China | p. 144 |
| Conditions in West Africa | p. 144 |
| Situation in South America | p. 147 |
| Phenology Under Different Geoclimates | p. 147 |
| GE Interactions and Specific Adaptation | p. 149 |
| Biotic Stresses | p. 153 |
| South American leaf blight (SALB) | p. 153 |
| Abnormal leaf fall | p. 158 |
| Powdery mildew | p. 159 |
| Corynespora leaf disease | p. 160 |
| Shoot rot | p. 162 |
| Gleosporium leaf disease | p. 162 |
| Ancillary Income Generation | p. 164 |
| Hevea Honey | p. 164 |
| Hevea Wood | p. 165 |
| Processing | p. 167 |
| Production and consumption | p. 168 |
| Hevea and Clean Development Management | p. 169 |
| Glossary | p. 172 |
| References | p. 177 |
| Index | p. 221 |
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