Vegetable Seed Production

Author： George   R.A.T.  

Publisher： CABI Publishing‎

Publication year： 2009

E-ISBN: 9781845935221

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9781845935214

Subject： Q94 Botany;S6 Gardening

Keyword： Science Life Sciences Botany Botany and Plant Sciences Horticulture Technology Agriculture Crop Science

Language： ENG

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Description

Successful seed supplies are vital in maintaining vegetable production and availability, and for ensuring food security for many subsistence farmers in developing countries. Providing a broad and expert coverage of the horticultural production of vegetables grown from seed, this fully updated new edition includes new coverage of the production of genetically modified crops, organic seed production, packaging, and honey bee population, as well as updated references and further reading. It is an essential text for horticulturists, researchers, seed scientists, vegetable producers, students, technicians and practitioners in vegetable seed production in both developed and developing countries.

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Contents

Preface

1 Organization

2 Principles of Seed Production

3 Agronomy

4 Harvesting and Processing

5 Storage

6 Seed Handling, Quality Control and Distribution

7 Chenopodiaceae

8 Asteraceae (formerly Compositae)

9 Cruciferae

10 Cucurbitaceae

11 Leguminosae

12 Solanaceae

13 Apiaceae (formerly Umbelliferae)

14 Alliaceae

15 Gramineae

16 Amaranthaceae and Malvaceae

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Appendix 2

References

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