Preface |
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1 Introduction |
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2 Genesis and Development |
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2.1 The Amazon River Basin |
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2.2 History of Domestication |
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3 Plant Structure and Ecophysiology |
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3.1 Reproductive Biology and Botany |
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3.1.3 Post-fertilization events |
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3.1.8 Juvenile and mature characteristics |
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3.1.10 Root heterogeneity and stock-scion interactions |
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3.2.1 Polyclonal seed generation |
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3.3.1 Photosynthetic efficiency |
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3.3.2 Dry matter production and water use efficiency (WUE) |
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4 Latex Production, Diagnosis and Harvest |
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4.1.2 Organic non-rubber constituents |
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4.1.3 Nucleic acids and polysomes |
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4.2.1 Factors regulating metabolism of latex |
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4.3 Latex Vessels and Turgor Pressure |
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4.4 Anatomy and Latex Flow |
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4.5 Lutoids and Coagulation of Latex |
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4.5.1 Lutoid breakdown mechanisms |
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4.6.3 Factors affecting tapping efficiency |
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4.7 Tapping Panel Dryness (TPD) |
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5 Genetics and Breeding |
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5.1.1 Hevea as a species complex |
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5.1.2 Distribution of allied species |
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5.1.3 New genetic resources |
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5.2 Early History of Rubber Breeding |
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5.4 Recombination Breeding |
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6 Biotechnology and Molecular Biology |
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6.1.2 Somatic embryogenesis and meristem culture |
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6.1.3 Protoplast culture and embryo rescue |
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6.1.4 Direct gene transfer |
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6.2.1 Non-expressed molecular genetic markers (MGMs) |
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6.2.2 Molecular genetic diversity |
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6.2.3 Paternity identification |
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6.2.5 Expressed genes in Hevea |
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7 Soil Tillage, Crop Establishment and Nutrition |
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7.3 Resource Capture in Intercropping Systems |
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8 Constraints-Environmental and Biological |
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8.1 Non-traditional Environments and Geoclimatic Stresses |
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8.2 Hevea Grown Under Marginal Conditions |
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8.2.1 Abiotic stress factors |
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8.2.2 Rubber-growing regions of India, Thailand and Vietnam |
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8.2.3 Rubber-growing regions of China |
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8.2.4 Conditions in West Africa |
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8.2.5 Situation in South America |
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8.3 Phenology Under Different Geoclimates |
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8.4 GE Interactions and Specific Adaptation |
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8.5.1 South American leaf blight (SALB) |
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8.5.4 Corynespora leaf disease |
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8.5.6 Gloeosporium leaf disease |
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9 Ancillary Income Generation |
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9.2.2 Production and consumption |
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10 Hevea and Clean Development Management |
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Glossary |
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References |
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Index |
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