Breeding plants to encourage specific traits is usual in agriculture but less common in ornamental horticulture. Daffodils, daylilies, hostas, lilacs, magnolias, and rhododendrons are among the 15 subjects covered by experts in the field.
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Breeding Ornamental Plants enables enthusiasts to go beyond regular gardening to actually create new forms of favorite plants. -- Joanne S. Carpender, www.gardenclub.org, December 17, 2000
Extremely well written and provides a great introduction to genetics/breeding for nonscientists. -- R.J. Griesbach, HortScience, 35 (7), December 2000
Highly recommended to anyone aspiring to make our surroundings more beautiful through improvement of ornamental plants. -- L.C. Ewart, Choice, February 2001
There is no other up-to-date, single resource for this information. Don't even consider trying to begin breeding ornamentals without it! -- HortIdeas, December 2000
Extremely well written and provides a great introduction to genetics/breeding for nonscientists. -- R.J. Griesbach, HortScience, 35 (7), December 2000
Highly recommended to anyone aspiring to make our surroundings more beautiful through improvement of ornamental plants. -- L.C. Ewart, Choice, February 2001
There is no other up-to-date, single resource for this information. Don't even consider trying to begin breeding ornamentals without it! -- HortIdeas, December 2000
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Overviews the practical considerations in successful horticultural breeding, including 15 chapters with detailed examples discussed by an expert.
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Required reading for amateur plant breeders,
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This book has been sorely needed: a book about breeding ornamental (as opposed to crop) plants, and geared toward the serious amateur plant breeder. However, even professional plant breeders should find much of interest in this book.There are introductory chapters on general breeding and basic genetics, clearly written and none of it heavily technical. This will be especially useful to the beginning breeder. The rest of the chapters are written by different plant breeders, discussing different genera or groups of plants. Although this makes the quality somewhat uneven and some of the information redundant, it's both fascinating and instructive to see how the goals, objectives, and techniques are similar, as well as different, between the different plant groups and different breeders. By and large, these breeders are not professionals, they are just regular people who like to grow plants and have gotten bitten by the hybridizing bug. All have valuable information to pass on based on their own experience, so even if you buy this book for information about breeding Saintpaulia, or Hemerocallis, or another particular group, be sure to read ALL the chapters as much of the information is applicable to plant breeding in general. The book is handsomely produced and very nicely illustrated, with excellent color photographs of the plants and line drawings to help illustrate certain techniques. This book is required reading for anybody who is interested in plant breeding as a hobby.
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A Must for Gardeners who Plant Breed,
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This book is an excellent reference source in understanding the processes on breeding the top favorite ornamental plants. The book is well written to support the serious amateur plant breeder to even the professional. The introductory chapters provide a quick education on genetics and its applications to plant protection and trademarks. The book is well illustrated and provides and excellent source of collections, suppliers, plant societies and references for each ornamental plant. Well worth the purchase!
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streaked hostas, foliar variegation, series villosae, anther pockets, bloom scapes, ornamental aroids, daffodil cultivars, gametic array, hybridizing goal, hybrid amaryllis, many hybridizers, pod parent, oak hybrids, yellow flower color, intergeneric combinations, red flower color, shipped bare root, hybridizing program, white flower color, pollen collection, hybridization programs, tetraploid hybrids, pollen parent, hobbyist market, seed parent Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, North America, Plant Life, Timber Press, New York, New Zealand, Bulletin of the American Penstemon Society, Journal of the Magnolia Society, American Camellia Society Yearbook, North Carolina, Ted Petit, American Hemerocallis Society, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, International Camellia Society, National Arboretum, New World, Royal Botanic Gardens, African Violet Society of America, Bulletin of the Morris Arboretum, Edward Reiley, Old World, Rhododendron Species, American Hosta Society, American Nurseryman, Guy Sternberg New!
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streaked hostas, foliar variegation, series villosae, anther pockets, bloom scapes, ornamental aroids, daffodil cultivars, gametic array, hybridizing goal, hybrid amaryllis, many hybridizers, pod parent, oak hybrids, yellow flower color, intergeneric combinations, red flower color, shipped bare root, hybridizing program, white flower color, pollen collection, hybridization programs, tetraploid hybrids, pollen parent, hobbyist market, seed parent Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, North America, Plant Life, Timber Press, New York, New Zealand, Bulletin of the American Penstemon Society, Journal of the Magnolia Society, American Camellia Society Yearbook, North Carolina, Ted Petit, American Hemerocallis Society, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, International Camellia Society, National Arboretum, New World, Royal Botanic Gardens, African Violet Society of America, Bulletin of the Morris Arboretum, Edward Reiley, Old World, Rhododendron Species, American Hosta Society, American Nurseryman, Guy Sternberg New!
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- The Siberian Iris by Currier McEwen on page 85, page 101, and Back Matter
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- Methods in Fruit Breeding by James N. Moore on page 38, and page 48
- Principles of Cultivar Development, Volume 1; Theory and Technique (v. 1) by W. R. Fehr on page 37, and page 48
- Principles of Plant Breeding, 2nd Edition by Robert W. Allard on page 37, and page 48
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