Agricultural seed production / Raymond A.T. George, Former Senior Lecturer, University of Bath, UK, and Consultant to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Italy.
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TextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (ix, 204 pages) : illustrations, chartsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- Seed technology
- Field Crops, (New March 2000)
- Forage and Fodder Crops, (New March 2000)
- Plant Breeding and Genetics
- Non-food/Non-feed Plant Products
- Composition and Quality of Non-food/Non-feed Plant Products
- Taxonomy and Evolution
- Crops
- Cultivars
- Seed production
- Seed quality
- Seeds
- Taxonomy
- FF005
- FF007
- FF020
- SS200
- SS230
- ZZ380
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- SB117 .G46 2011eb
This book has 14 chapters focusing on the principles and practice of agricultural seed production of the main agricultural crop species of importance as sources of food and feed. The taxonomy of these major crop species, either as single or groups of families, and their specific seed production strategies are also discussed.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From landrace to modern plant breeding -- Pollination, types of cultivar -- Agronomy, maintenance of cultivar purity and organic crops -- Harvesting and processing -- Seed storage -- Seed quality control, handling and distribution -- Gramineae : self-fertilized cereals -- Gramineae : cross-fertilized cereals -- Gramineae : temperate, prairie and tropical grasses -- Leguminosae : temperate and tropical forage legumes -- Leguminosae : pulse crops -- Edible oilseed crops -- Forage crops of cruciferae and chenopodiaceae -- Amaranthaceae.
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