Onions and other vegetable alliums /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Brewster, James L. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2008.
Edition:	2nd edition.
Series:	Crop production science in horticulture ; 15.
Subjects:	Allium. Onions. Crop Produce. Food Composition and Quality. Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000) Plant Breeding and Genetics. Plant Pests, (New March 2000) Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. Plant Production. Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000) Weeds and Noxious Plants. Crop production. Crop yield. Dormancy. Growth. Medicinal properties. Plant breeding methods. Plant development. Plant diseases. Plant pests. Storage. Symbionts. Weeds. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

The classification, origins, distribution and economic importance of the major vegetable crops
The structure of edible alliums
The genetics and plant breeding of allium crops
Physiology of crop growth, development and yield
Interactions with other organisms: weeds, pests, diseases and symbionts
Agronomy and crop production
Crop storage and dormancy
Biochemistry, health benefits and food science of alliums.