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Kiwifruit. --- Kiwifruit --- Varieties. --- Actinidia chinensis --- Chinese gooseberry --- Gooseberry, Chinese --- Gooseberry, Ichang --- Ichang gooseberry --- Kiwi berry --- Kiwi fruit --- Monkey peach --- Peach, Monkey --- Peach, Sheep --- Peach, Strawberry --- Sheep peach --- Strawberry peach --- Yang tao --- Yangtao --- Actinidia

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Kiwifruit have long been known as a decorative and exotic fruit that can be used in desserts and fresh fruit collations. What is less well known is that kiwifruit contain a range of constituents with valuable health-beneficial properties. These range from high levels of high-impact vitamin C to enzymes that assist with digestion, and polysaccharides that promote gut health. This volume for the first time brings together all the known health and nutrition benefits of kiwifruit in a series of chapters written by authors who are authorities in their fields. *The latest important inf

Nutrition. --- Reducing diets. --- Weight loss. --- Social Sciences --- Agriculture --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Recreation & Sports --- Plant Sciences --- Kiwifruit --- Actinidia chinensis --- Chinese gooseberry --- Gooseberry, Chinese --- Gooseberry, Ichang --- Ichang gooseberry --- Kiwi berry --- Kiwi fruit --- Monkey peach --- Peach, Monkey --- Peach, Sheep --- Peach, Strawberry --- Sheep peach --- Strawberry peach --- Yang tao --- Yangtao --- Actinidia --- Food --- Research.

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This book describes the basic botanical features of kiwifruit and its wild relatives, reports on the steps that led to its genome sequencing, and discusses the results obtained with the assembly and annotation. The core chapters provide essential insights into the main gene families that characterize this species as a crop, including the genes controlling sugar and starch metabolism, pigment biosynthesis and degradation, the ascorbic-acid pathway, fruit softening and postharvest metabolism, allergens, and resistance to pests and diseases. The book offers a valuable reference guide for taxonomists, geneticists and horticulturists. Further, since information gained from the genome sequence is extraordinarily useful in assessing the breeding value of individuals based on whole-genome scans, it will especially benefit plant breeders. Accordingly, chapters are included that focus on gene introgression from wild relatives and genome-based breeding.

Life sciences. --- Agriculture. --- Plant genetics. --- Plant breeding. --- Life Sciences. --- Plant Genetics & Genomics. --- Plant Breeding/Biotechnology. --- Kiwifruit. --- Actinidia chinensis --- Chinese gooseberry --- Gooseberry, Chinese --- Gooseberry, Ichang --- Ichang gooseberry --- Kiwi berry --- Kiwi fruit --- Monkey peach --- Peach, Monkey --- Peach, Sheep --- Peach, Strawberry --- Sheep peach --- Strawberry peach --- Yang tao --- Yangtao --- Actinidia --- Plant Genetics and Genomics. --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Crops --- Agriculture --- Breeding --- Plants --- Genetics