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Vegetable Seeds: Production and Technology

Publication Year:
2024
Edition:
1st Ed.
Author:
Gregory E. Welbaum
Publisher:
CAB International
ISBN:
978-1-78-924324-6
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Most food and fiber crops are produced from seed.
This means that the world's population is dependent on annual seed production for its food supply. Vegetable seed production is much different and more challenging than production of grain crops.

This book explains the biology and technology behind producing, maintaining, and enhancing the quality of vegetable seeds from breeding through to the marketed product. It begins with six chapters on a broad range of seed-related topics: the importance of seeds, reproductive biology of plants, genetic improvement strategies, quality assurance of seed production, post-harvest seed enhancement, and organic production. The remaining chapters cover seed production in eleven important vegetable families. Each chapter provides a description of the botany, types and cultivars, genetic improvement, pollination, soil fertility management, pest management, crop production, harvesting, post-harvest handling, and seed yields.

The aim of this book is to educate how to produce high-quality vegetable seeds. Incorporating both current methodologies and recent research results, it is suitable for students, researchers, and professionals in the seed industry.
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Platform:
OvidSP
Publisher:
CAB International
Product Type:
Book
Author:
Gregory E. Welbaum
ISBN:
978-1-78-924324-6
Specialty:
  • Biotechnology
  • Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources
  • Earth & Geological Sciences
  • Plant Sciences
Language:
English
Edition:
1st Ed.
Pages:
344
Publication Year:
2024

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