Peppers : vegetable and spice capsicums /

• Main Authors: Bosland, Paul W., (Author), Votava, E. J. (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2012.
• Edition: 2nd edition.
• Series: Crop production science in horticulture ; [22].
• Subjects: Peppers.; Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Plant Composition.; Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Plant Disorders and Injuries (Not caused directly by Organisms); Crop Produce.; Food Processing (General); Food Storage and Preservation.; Storage Problems and Pests of Food.; Food Composition and Quality.; Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002); Taxonomy and Evolution.; Capsicum.; Chemical composition.; Crop production.; Crop yield.; Fruits.; Genetic improvement.; Harvesting.; Plant breeding.; Plant composition.; Plant diseases.; Plant disorders.; Plant pests.; Storage decay.; Stored products pests.; Taxonomy.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 230 pages) : illustrations, charts.; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book provides an introduction to and overview of vegetable and spice peppers and consolidates the many aspects of pepper research, i.e. taxonomy, breeding and biotechnology, production, harvesting, postharvest handling and disorders, pests and diseases, among others. The chemical composition of various Capsicum species are also presented.