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Advances in Edible Pine Nut Trees (Pinus spp.) Breeding Strategies

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In response to the increasing demand for food and nutrition, there is an urgent need to improve the structure of grain production. The development and utilization of resources such as edible pine nuts will effectively alleviate the demand for grain crops. Edible pine nuts are an important food resources, are nutrient rich and may be a useful component and supplement of a healthy diet. In order to meet the growing demand for pine nuts, their economic value should be fully understood and existing wild pine nut resources should be sustainably managed to increase productivity. In order to achieve this, research into pine nut improvement and production should be strengthened; part of this process is the development of a selective breeding program. This chapter explains the collection, conservation, management, development and utilization of edible pine nut tree germplasm resources in a breeding strategy, and presents case studies where improvements to seed quality and pine nut production have been achieved.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China

    Hanguo Zhang

  2. Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou, China

    Zhen Zhang

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Agricultural Biotechnology, King Faisal University, Al-Hassa, Saudi Arabia

    Jameel M. Al-Khayri

  2. Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Shri Mohan Jain

  3. Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Dennis V. Johnson

Appendices

Appendices

1.1 Appendix I: Research Institutes Relevant to Edible Pine Nut Trees (Pinus spp.)

Institution

Specialization and research activities

Contact information and website

School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, China

Clonal variations in nutritional components of P. koraiensis seeds collected from seed orchards

Prof. Dr. H G. Zhang

Logan Campus, School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 26 Hexing Road, China

Telephone: (86)0451–82,191,536

E-mail: hanguozhang1@sina.com

School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, China

Somatic embryogenesis and cryopreservation of P. koraiensis

Prof. Dr. H L. Shen

Logan Campus, School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 26 Hexing Road, China

Telephone: (86)13069875355

E-mail: shenhl-cf@nefu.edu.cn

Beijing Forestry University, China

Studies on fruiting quantity of P. armandii clones in the seed orchard and the seed quality

Prof. Dr. X H. Shen

Logan Campus, School of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, 35 east qinghua road, haidian district, Beijing, China

E-mail: sxlkyhyc@163.com

Unidad de Anatomía, Fisiología y Genética Forestal, ETSI Montes, U.P.M., Ciudad Universitaria s/n

Variability of Mediterranean stone pine cone production: yield loss as response to climate change

Prof. Dr. L. Gil

Telephone: (34)913367113

Fax: (34)915439557

E-mail: luis.gil@upm.es

Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian

Branch

Crossbreeding

Prof. Dr. N. Sergej

Logan Campus,

Siberian Branch, Filial of the Forest Institute, Academichesky pr., 2, Tomsk, Russia

E-mail: gorosh@forest.tsc.ru

Grupo Silvicultura Mediterraénea

Breeding P. pinea uniform varieties

R. Calama

Logan Campus,

Apdo. 8111, Madrid 28,080, Spain

E-mail: rcalama@inia.es

Telephone: (34)913476868

Fax: (34)9–13,572,293

Korea Forest Research Institute, Chungju, Korea

Clonal variation in flowering abundance of P. koraiensis

Prof. Dr. I S. Kim

Logan Campus,

Forest Seed Research Center, Chungju, Korea

P.O. Box 24, Suwon, Kyonggido,

441–350, Republic of Korea

1.2 Appendix II: Genetic Resources of Edible Pine Nut Tree

Country

Cultivar

Important traits

Heilongjiang province, China

Pinus koreansis – HG14

High oil content

Heilongjiang province, China

P. koreansis – LK20

High oil content

Heilongjiang province, China

P. koreansis – NB66

High yield

Heilongjiang province, China

P. koreansis – HG23

High yield

Heilongjiang province, China

P. koreansis – LK27

High protein content

Yunnan province, China

P. armandii – yema9

High yield

Yunnan province, China

P. armandii – CX42

High yield

Yunnan province, China

P. armandii – CX44

High yield

Yunnan province, China

P. armandii – CX56

High yield

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Zhang, H., Zhang, Z. (2019). Advances in Edible Pine Nut Trees (Pinus spp.) Breeding Strategies. In: Al-Khayri, J., Jain, S., Johnson, D. (eds) Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Nut and Beverage Crops. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23112-5_9

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