Tamarind monograph.pdf - Crops for the Future

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