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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830845503321

Titolo

Horticultural reviews . Volume 25 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jules Janick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2001

ISBN

1-282-65382-2

9786612653827

0-470-65078-8

0-470-65079-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

Horticultural reviews, , 0163-7851 ; ; v. 25

Altri autori (Persone)

JanickJules

Disciplina

635

635/.05

Soggetti

Horticulture

Horticulture - Research

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

HORTICULTURAL REVIEWS, Volume 25; Contents; Contributors; Dedication: Kay Ryugo; 1: Amaryllidaceae: Geophytic Growth, Development, and Flowering; I. INTRODUCTION; II. AMARYLLIS BELLADONNA; III. CYRTANTHUS; IV. EUCHARIS; V. GALANTHUS; VI. HAEMANTHUS AND SCADOXUS; VII. HIPPEASTRUM; VIII. LEUCOJUM; IX. LYCORIS; X. NARCISSUS; XI. NERINE; XII. OTHER GENERA AND INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDS; XIII. COMPARISON OF GENERA; LITERATURE CITED; 2: History of the Cultivar-Groups of Cucurbita pepo; I. PROLOGUE; II. TERMINOLOGY AND TAXONOMY; III. ORIGIN AND TRENDS UNDER DOMESTICATION; color plates

IV. CUCURBITA PEPO IN PERIODS OF RECORDED HISTORYV. HISTORY OF THE PUMPKINS AND SQUASH; VI. HISTORY OF THE GOURDS; VII. SUMMARY; VIII. EPILOGUE; LITERATURE CITED; 3: Steroidal Alkaloids in Solanaceous Vegetable Crops; I. INTRODUCTION; II. CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY; III. GENETICS; IV. METABOLISM AND REGULATION; V. DISTRIBUTION IN DIFFERENT ORGANS; VI. HORTICULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE; VII. TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY; VIII. CONCLUSIONS AND PROSPECTS; LITERATURE CITED; 4: Factors



Affecting Weight Loss of Apples; I. INTRODUCTION; II. WATER LOSS; III. RESPIRATION; IV. MINIMIZATION OF WATER LOSS

V. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONSVI. LITERATURE CITED; 5: Processing Technology of the Table Olive; I. INTRODUCTION; II. CLASSIFICATION OF PROCESSED PRODUCTS; III. WORLD PRODUCTION; IV. HARVESTING; V. PROCESSING; VI. IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS OF TABLE OLIVES; VII. DEFECTS; VIII. MONITORING AND CONTROL; IX. EVALUATION OF TABLE OLIVES; X. FUTURE DIRECTIONS; LITERATURE CITED; Subject Index; Cumulative Subject Index; Cumulative Contributor Index

Sommario/riassunto

Horticultural Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on topics in the horticultural sciences. The emphasis is on applied topics including the production of fruits, vegetables, nut crops, and ornamental plants of commercial importance. These articles perform the valuable function of collecting, comparing, and contrasting the primary journal literature in order to form an overview of the topic.