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Record Nr.

UNINA9910446351903321

Autore

Brewster James L

Titolo

Onions and other vegetable alliums / / James L. Brewster

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : CABI North American Office, c2008

ISBN

1-282-25744-7

9786612257445

1-84593-622-1

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (454 p.)

Collana

Crop production science in horticulture series ; ; 15

Disciplina

635/.25

Soggetti

Onions

Allium

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 THE CLASSIFICATION, ORIGINS, DISTRIBUTION AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF THE MAJOR VEGETABLE CROPS; 2 THE STRUCTURE OF EDIBLE ALLIUMS; 3 THE GENETICS AND PLANT BREEDING OF ALLIUM CROPS; 4 PHYSIOLOGY OF CROP GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND YIELD; 5 INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER ORGANISMS: WEEDS, PESTS, DISEASES AND SYMBIONTS; Colour Plate; 6 AGRONOMY AND CROP PRODUCTION; 7 CROP STORAGE AND DORMANCY; 8 BIOCHEMISTRY, HEALTH BENEFITS AND FOOD SCIENCE OF ALLIUMS; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Relates the production and utilization of onions and other vegetable allium crops to the many aspects of plant science underpinning their production and storage technologies. This book covers species and crop types, plant structure, genetics and breeding, physiology of growth and development as well as pests and diseases.