Vegetable Seed Production
By: George, Raymond A.t. (Author).
CABI Publishing. Published: 30/11/2009. Audience Guide: General (US: Trade).
Hardback. Sourced from U.S.A.
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. Item Details
ISBN10/13: 1845935217/9781845935214
TITLE: Vegetable Seed Production
CONTRIBUTORS: George, Raymond A.t. (Author)
EDITION: 3rd Revised edition
IMPRINT: CABI Publishing
PUBLISHER: CABI Publishing
FORMAT: Hardback
PUBLICATION DATE: 30/11/2009
SUBJECT: Agriculture & Farming, Scientific, Technical, Medical, Horticulture, Botany & Plant Sciences
DIMENSIONS (Width x Height): 172mm x 224mm
PAGES: 288
AUDIENCE GUIDE: General (US: Trade)
ILLUSTRATIONS: 40 figures/illustrations
CONTENTS: 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. Amarantaceae and Malvaceae.
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