Taylor & Francis Inc Sivumäärä: 454 sivua Asu: Kovakantinen kirja Painos: 1 Julkaisuvuosi: 2005, 14.06.2005 (lisätietoa) Kieli: Englanti
Get all the resource information you need on hybrid vegetable developmentin one book!
Discover the latest concepts in breeding and development of hybrid vegetables with Hybrid Vegetable Development. Respected authorities share their views on the most recent trends and the techniques used for hybrid vegetable development in various vegetable crops. This one book could become your comprehensive source for all aspects of breeding, development, and seed production.
Hybrid Vegetable Development provides a huge volume of background information on eighteen of the most important world vegetable crops, including tomato, eggplant, hot pepper, bell pepper, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, onion, garden pea, and melons. Packed with helpful illustrations, diagrams, and tables, this book goes in-depth into hybrid development mechanisms, crop/floral biology, pollination control mechanisms genetics, breeding, and the exploitation of hybrid seed production on a commercial scale.
Hybrid Vegetable Development covers:
crop biology
heterosis
pollination control mechanisms
hybrid seed production
maintenance of inbred/pure lines
seed production of major vegetables
detailed descriptions of the mechanisms in hybrid vegetable development
the status of transgenic vegetables
Hybrid Vegetable Development is a valuable, comprehensive resource for agriculture industry experts and professionals, professors, and students.
