Vegetables I Asteraceae, Brassicaceae, Chenopodicaceae, and Cucurbitaceae /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Prohens, Jaime (Editor), Nuez, Fernando (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Series: Handbook of Plant Breeding ; 1
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant genetics.; Life Sciences.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.; Plant Sciences.

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...

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.