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Title Allium crop science : recent advances / edited by H.D. Rabinowitch and L. Currah
Published Wallingford, Oxon ; New York, NY : CABI Pub., ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 515 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents Allium Crop Science: Recent Advances; Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Evolution, Domestication and Taxonomy; 2. Florogenesis; 3. Genome Organization in Allium; 4. Exploitation of Wild Relatives for the Breeding of Cultivated Allium Species; 5. Diversity, Fertility and Seed Production of Garlic; 6. Genetic Transformation of Onions; 7. Doubled-haploid Onions; 8. Molecular Markers in Allium; 9. Agronomy of Onions; 10. Onion Pre- and Postharvest Considerations; 11. Bacterial Diseases of Onion
Summary This multiauthor book contains 19 sections discussing the evolution and taxonomy, genetic diversity, domestication, genetic transformation, breeding, agronomy, pre- and postharvest treatments, storage, diseases, pests, onion cultivation in the tropics (including country reports), sulfur compounds and flavour, and ornamental and medicinal uses of Allium spp., particularly garlic, onions, leeks and shallots. It will be of value to those interested in the biological aspects of alliums, including scientists and field experts
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Allium.
Crop zones.
Allium
Crops, Agricultural
GARDENING -- Vegetables.
Allium.
Allium ascalonicum.
Allium cepa.
Allium cepa var. aggregatum.
Allium porrum.
Allium sativum.
Agronomy.
Crop production.
Cultivation.
Domestication.
Evolution.
Flavour compounds.
Garlic.
Genetic transformation.
Leeks.
Medicinal plants.
Onions.
Organic sulfur compounds.
Ornamental value.
Plant breeding.
Plant diseases.
Plant pests.
Postharvest systems.
Shallots.
Storage.
Taxonomy.
Tropics.
Crop zones
Allium
Form Electronic book
Author Rabinowitch, Haim D
Currah, Lesley
LC no. 2002025904
ISBN 9781845933180
1845933184
1280829079
9781280829079
9786610829071
6610829071