This book examines the development of innovative modern methodologies towards augmenting conventional plant breeding, in individual crops, for the production of new crop varieties under the increasingly limiting environmental and cultivation factors to achieve sustainable agricultural production, enhanced food security, in addition to providing raw materials for innovative industrial products and pharmaceuticals. This Volume 9, subtitled consists of 12 chapters focusing on advances in breeding strategies using both traditional and modern approaches for the improvement of individual vegetable crops. Chapters are arranged in 2 parts according to the edible vegetable parts. Part I: Fruits - Bell Pepper (L. var. Sendt.), Chili pepper( L.), Bitter gourd ( L.), Bottle gourd ( (Molina) Standl.), Eggplant (spp.), Okra ( L.), Plantain ( L.), Sweet gourd ( Duch. ex Poir.), Melon ( L. Groups Dudaim and Flexuosus), Tomato ( L.) and Zucchini ( L.) and Part II: Young shoots - Asparagus (L.). The chapters were contributed by 43 internationally reputable scientists from 11 countries. Each chapter comprehensively reviews the modern literature on the subject and reflects the authors own experience.  weiterlesen