Allium crop science [[electronic resource] ] : recent advances / / edited by H.D. Rabinowitch and L. Currah

• Pubblicazione: Wallingford, Oxon ; ; New York, NY, : CABI Pub., c2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (540 p.)
• Disciplina: 635/.25
• Soggetto topico: Allium
• Altri autori: RabinowitchHaim D CurrahLesley
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Allium Crop Science: Recent Advances; Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Evolution, Domestication and Taxonomy; 2. Florogenesis; 3. Genome Organization in Allium; 4. Exploitation of Wild Relatives for the Breeding of Cultivated Allium Species; 5. Diversity, Fertility and Seed Production of Garlic; 6. Genetic Transformation of Onions; 7. Doubled-haploid Onions; 8. Molecular Markers in Allium; 9. Agronomy of Onions; 10. Onion Pre- and Postharvest Considerations; 11. Bacterial Diseases of Onion ; 12. Monitoring and Forecasting for Disease and Insect Attack in Onions and Allium Crops within IPM Strategies13. Virus Diseases in Garlic and the Propagation of Virus-free Plants; 14. Sulphur Compounds in Alliums in Relation to Flavour Quality; 15. Health and Alliums; 16. Onions in the Tropics: Cultivars and Country Reports; 17. Shallot (Allium cepa, Aggregatum Group); 18. Leek: Advances in Agronomy and Breeding; 19. Ornamental Alliums; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Alliums are some of the most ancient cultivated crops and include onions, garlic, leeks and other related plants. This book provides a review of Allium science for postgraduates and researchers, paying particular attention to topics that have shown major advances during the 1990's.
• Titolo autorizzato: Allium crop science
• ISBN: 1-280-82907-9; 9786610829071; 1-84593-318-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784118703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II