TY - BOOK AU - George,Raymond A.T. ED - C.A.B. International, TI - Vegetable seed production AV - SB324.75 .G45 2009eb U1 - 635/.0421 23 PY - 2009/// CY - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK PB - CABI KW - Vegetables KW - Seeds KW - Food crops KW - Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000) KW - Plant Breeding and Genetics KW - Plant Production KW - Plant Cropping Systems KW - Plant Propagation KW - Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002) KW - Plants KW - cabt KW - Genetic transformation KW - Genetically engineered organisms KW - Organic farming KW - Planting stock KW - Seed production KW - Transgenic plants KW - Vegetative propagation KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-297) and indexes; Organization -- Principles of seed production -- Agronomy -- Harvesting and processing -- Storage -- Seed handling, quality control and distribution -- Chenopodiaceae -- Asteraceae (formerly Compositae) -- Cruciferae -- Cucurbitaceae -- Leguminosae -- Solanaceae -- Apiaceae (formerly Umbelliferae) -- Alliaceae -- Gramineae -- Amaranthaceae and Malvaceae; Access limited to subscribing institution; Also available in print format N2 - This third edition includes summaries at salient points within the first six chapters, dealing with the principles and practice of vegetable seed production. A suggested further reading list is provided at the conclusion of each of the 16 chapters. The general updating of this third edition has included more detail on 'organic' seed and its production, and also considerations on genetically modified organisms. The increased links between vegetables produced from true botanical seed and those predominantly propagated vegetatively (i.e. the resulting planting material which is often referred to as 'seed') have been added to this edition in Appendix 1 UR - https://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781845935214.0000 ER -