Onions and other vegetable alliums /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brewster, James L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, ©2008.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Crop production science in horticulture ; 15.
Subjects:
Onions.
Allium.
Oignon.
GARDENING > Vegetables.
Crop production.
Crop yield.
Dormancy.
Growth.
Medicinal properties.
Plant breeding methods.
Plant development.
Plant diseases.
Plant pests.
Storage.
Symbionts.
Weeds.
Allium
Onions
Lök.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The classification, origins, distribution and economic importance of the major vegetable crops
  • The structure of edible alliums
  • The genetics and plant breeding of allium crops
  • Physiology of crop growth, development and yield
  • Interactions with other organisms : weeds, pests, diseases and symbionts
  • Agronomy and crop production
  • Crop storage and dormancy
  • Biochemistry, health benefits and food science of alliums.

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