Vegetable brassicas and related crucifers /

• Main Author: Dixon, Geoffrey R., (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
• Series: Crop production science in horticulture ; 14.
• Subjects: Brassica.; Cole crops.; Bok choy.; Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.; Plant Production.; Weeds and Noxious Plants.; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Plant Disorders and Injuries (Not caused directly by Organisms); Crop Produce.; Food Composition and Quality.; Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002); Arabidopsis thaliana.; Brassica campestris.; Brassica oleracea.; Brassica pekinensis.; Agronomy.; Chinese cabbages.; Crop production.; Crop quality.; Crop yield.; Genetic engineering.; Models.; Plant breeding.; Plant development.; Plant disorders.; Plant pathogens.; Plant pests.; Plant physiology.; Sustainability.; Weeds.; Electronic books.
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This book identifies the scientific principles underpinning crop production in Western (Occidental) brassicas derived from Brassica oleracea and Oriental types derived from B. rapa [B. campestris], Chinese cabbage and its relatives. It examines: plant breeding; the potential for genetic manipulation...

Table of Contents:

• Origins and diversity of brassica and its relatives
• Breeding, genetics, and models
• Seed and seedling management
• Developmental physiology
• Crop agronomy
• Competitive ecology and sustainable production
• Pests and pathogens
• Postharvest quality and value.