Tamarind monograph.pdf - Crops for the Future
Tamarind monograph.pdf - Crops for the Future
Tamarind monograph.pdf - Crops for the Future
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CHAPTER 6. REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY.............................................87<br />
6.1 INTRODUCTION..............................................................................87<br />
6.2 FLOWERING AND FRUITING PHENOLOGY .......................................87<br />
6.3 ANTHESIS AND STIGMATIC RECEPTIVITY.......................................90<br />
6.4 POLLEN MORPHOLOGY AND POLLINATION VECTORS .....................90<br />
6.5 FRUIT SET, BREEDING AND MATING SYSTEM..................................91<br />
6.6 FRUIT DEVELOPMENT ....................................................................93<br />
CHAPTER 7. GENETIC IMPROVEMENT................................................95<br />
7.1 INTRODUCTION..............................................................................95<br />
7.2 UNDERSTANDING THE VARIATIONS ...............................................95<br />
7.3 GENETIC IMPROVEMENT................................................................97<br />
7.3.1 Selection ...............................................................................98<br />
7.3.2 Participatory improvement ...................................................98<br />
7.3.3 Ideotypes...............................................................................99<br />
7.4 ENHANCING IMPROVEMENT ........................................................100<br />
CHAPTER 8. GENETIC RESOURCES....................................................101<br />
8.1 INTRODUCTION............................................................................101<br />
8.2 THE NEED FOR WORKING COLLECTIONS ......................................101<br />
8.3 GERMPLASM ACTIVITIES IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.....................102<br />
8.3.1 Thailand..............................................................................102<br />
8.3.2 Philippines ..........................................................................104<br />
8.3.3 India....................................................................................105<br />
8.3.4 Current constraints..............................................................105<br />
8.3.5 Germplasm in o<strong>the</strong>r countries.............................................106<br />
8.4 IDENTIFIED CULTIVARS ...............................................................106<br />
8.5 GENETIC CONSERVATION ............................................................107<br />
8.6 CONCLUSIONS .............................................................................108<br />
CHAPTER 9. HARVEST, POSTHARVEST AND PROCESSING..........109<br />
9.1 INTRODUCTION............................................................................109<br />
9.2 HARVESTING STAGE ....................................................................110<br />
9.3 YIELD..........................................................................................110<br />
9.4 STORAGE.....................................................................................111<br />
9.5 PROCESSED PRODUCTS FROM TAMARIND ....................................114<br />
9.5.1 <strong>Tamarind</strong> beverage .............................................................114<br />
9.5.2 Foam mat drying of tamarind pulp .....................................114<br />
9.5.3 <strong>Tamarind</strong> juice concentrate.................................................115<br />
9.5.4 <strong>Tamarind</strong> seed products......................................................115<br />
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