Allium crop science : recent advances /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2002.
• Subjects: Allium.; Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Plant Production.; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Pathogen, Pest, Parasite and Weed Management (General); Crop Produce.; Food Storage and Preservation.; Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002); Allium ascalonicum.; Allium cepa.; Allium cepa var. aggregatum.; Allium porrum.; Allium sativum.; Agronomy.; Crop production.; Cultivation.; Domestication.; Evolution.; Flavour compounds.; Garlic.; Genetic transformation.; Leeks.; Medicinal plants.; Onions.; Organic sulfur compounds.; Ornamental value.; Plant breeding.; Plant diseases.; Plant pests.; Postharvest systems.; Shallots.; Storage.; Taxonomy.; Tropics.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 515 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, charts, maps; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This multiauthor book contains 19 sections discussing the evolution and taxonomy, genetic diversity, domestication, genetic transformation, breeding, agronomy, pre- and postharvest treatments, storage, diseases, pests, onion cultivation in the tropics (including country reports), sulfur compounds and flavour, and ornamental and medicinal uses of Allium spp., particularly garlic, onions, leeks and shallots. It will be of value to those interested in the biological aspects of alliums, including scientists and field experts.