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1.Maria Isabel Andrade: Sweetpotato Breeder, Technology Transfer Specialist, and Advocate1
2.Development of Cold Climate Grapes in the Upper Midwestern U.S.: The Pioneering Work of Elmer Swenson31
4.Breeding Naked Barley for Food, Feed, and Malt95
5.The Foundations, Continuing Evolution, and Outcomes from the Application of Intellectual Property Protection in Plant Breeding and Agriculture121
7.Gender and Farmer Preferences for Varietal Traits: Evidence and Issues for Crop Improvement243
8.Domestication, Genetics, and Genomics of the American Cranberry279
9.Images and Descriptions of Cucurbita maxima in Western Europe in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries317
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Irwin L. Goldman, Professor and Chair, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
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Contributors ix
**1. Maria Isabel Andrade: Sweetpotato Breeder, Technology Transfer Specialist, and Advocate 1
**Jan W. Low and Edward Carey
I. Early Years 3
II. Research for Devlopment in Southern Africa 7
III. The Advocate and Team Player 18
IV. The Mentor at Work and in her Community 21
V. Awards and Service 24
Literature Cited 25
Publications 26
2 Development of Cold Climate Grapes in the Upper Midwestern U.S.: The Pioneering Work of Elmer **Swenson 31
**Matthew D. Clark
I. A Cold Climate Grape Industry 32
II. Elmer Swenson 37
III. Grape Improvement in the Midwest 53
IV. Summary and Future Prospects 57
Acknowledgments 57
Literature Cited 58
**3 Candidate Genes to Extend Fleshy Fruit Shelf Life 61
**Haya Friedman
I. Introduction 62
II. Available Methods for Breeding and Genetic Manipulations 66
III. Cuticle Structure and Effect on Fruit Shelf Life 68
IV. Candidate Genes for CellWall Modification and Fruit Softening 69
V. EthyleneBiosynthesis Pathway and Effect on Fruit Ripening 77
VI. Usefulness of Components of the EthyleneResponse Pathway for Delay of Fruit Ripening 79
VII. FruitRipening Delay Based on Manipulation of Upstream Transcription Factors 81
VIII. Concluding Remarks and Future Prospects 84
Acknowledgments 85
Literature Cited 86
**4 Breeding Naked Barley for Food, Feed, and Malt 95
**Brigid Meints and Patrick M. Hayes
I. Introduction 96
II. The Nud Gene 97
III. Traits of Interest Related to Nud 98
IV. Selecting for Glucan and Starch Type 102
V. Feed Barley Breeding and Quality 104
VI. Food Barley Breeding and Quality 106
VII. Malting Barley Breeding and Quality 108
VIII. Brewing 111
IX. Distilling 112
X. Conclusions and Future Directions 113
Acknowledgments 114
Literature Cited 114
**5 The Foundations, Continuing Evolution, and Outcomes from the Application of Intellectual Property Protection in Plant Breeding and Agriculture 121
**Stephen Smith
I. Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Rights, and the Thesis Underlying this Review 125
II. The Philosophical Basis of IP and IPR and the Need to Establish Appropriate Balances 128
III. Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Rights, and their Associations with Plant Breeding and Agriculture 133
IV. The Global Framework within which IPR Applicable to Plant Breeding Resides 143
V. The Development of Formal Mechanisms of Intellectual Property Rights for Plant Varieties and PlantRelated Subject Matter 148
VI. Forms of Intellectual Property Protection Available to Plant Breeders and Trait Developers 156
VII. Associations Between IP Systems and the Generation of Benefits 176
VIII. Concluding Comments: Looking to the Future 188
Literature Cited 192
**6 The Use of Endosperm Genes for Sweet Corn Improvement: A review of developments in endosperm genes in sweet corn since the seminal publication in Plant Breeding Reviews, Volume 1, by Charles Boyer and Jack Shannon (1984) 215
**William F. Tracy, Stacie L. Shuler, and Hallie DodsonSwenson
I. Introduction 217
II. Economics 218
III. Endosperm Development 219
IV. Endosperm Mutants, Germination, and Seedling Vigor in Sweet Corn 233
V. Future Prospects 234
Literature Cited 235
**7 Gender and Farmer Preferences for Varietal Traits: Evidence and Issues for Crop Improvement 243
**Eva Weltzien, Fred Rattunde, Anja Christinck, Krista Isaacs, and Jacqueline Ashby
I. Introduction 245
II. Methods 247
III. Cases Documenting Gender Differentiation for Trait Preferences 250 <p>...