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  title info:
    title: Vegetables I
    sub title: Asteraceae, Brassicaceae, Chenopodicaceae, and Cucurbitaceae
  name:
    name part: Prohens, Jaime.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Nuez, Fernando.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xxu
    date issued: 2008
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XII, 428 p. 78 illus., 11 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: The production and consumption of vegetables has expanded dramatically in the last years, with a global growth in the production of more than 50% in the last decade and it is expected that in the coming years, vegetable crops production will continue its expansion. The vegetables seed market is very dynamic and competitive, and predominant varieties are quickly replaced by new varieties. Therefore, updated information on the state of the art of the genetic improvement of specific crops is of interest to vegetable crops breeders, researchers and scholars. During the last years an immense quantity of new knowledge on the genetic diversity of vegetables and the utilization of genetic resources, breeding methods and techniques, and on the development and utilization of modern biotechnologies in vegetables crop breeding has accumulated, and there is a need of a major reference work that synthesizes this information. The Handbook of Plant Breeding—Vegetables I and II are two volumes devoted to 20 of the most important vegetable crops. These crops belong to eight different botanical families grouped by taxonomic category. The first volume focuses on four families: Asteraceae or Compositae (chicory and endive, globe artichoke and cardoon, and lettuce), Brassicaceae or Cruciferae (cabbage, and cauliflower and broccoli), Chenopodiaceae (spinach and sugar beet) and Cucurbitaceae (cucumber, melon, pumpkin and winter squash, summer squash, and watermelon). The second volume concentrates on four other families: Fabaceae or Leguminosae (garden pea, and snap bean), Liliaceae (asparagus, and onion), Solanaceae (eggplant, pepper, and tomato) and Umbelliferae or Apiaceae (carrot). Chapters have been written by outstanding breeders with wide experience in the crop breeding. Each chapter includes information on the origin and domestication, varietal groups, genetic resources, major breeding achievements and current goals of breeding, breeding methods and techniques, integration of the n…
  table of contents: Family Asteraceae (=Compositae) -- Chicory and Endive -- Globe Artichoke and Cardoon -- Lettuce -- Family Brassicaceae (=Cruciferae) -- Cabbage and Kale -- Cauliflower and Broccoli -- Family Chenopodiaceae -- Spinach -- Table Beet -- Family Cucurbitaceae -- Cucumber -- Melon -- Pumpkin and Winter Squash -- Summer Squash -- Watermelon.
  note: edited by Jaime Prohens, Fernando Nuez.
  subject:
    topic: Life sciences
  subject:
    topic: Agriculture
  subject:
    topic: Plant science
  subject:
    topic: Botany
  subject:
    topic: Plant genetics
  subject:
    topic: Life Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Plant Genetics & Genomics
  subject:
    topic: Plant Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Agriculture
  classification: QH433
  classification: 581.35
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Handbook of Plant Breeding ; 1
  identifier: 9780387304434
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30443-4
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    record creation date: 100301
    record change date: 20151204190942.0
    record identifier: 978-0-387-30443-4