Book ID: 92377
Pua, E. C. and M. R. Davey (eds.)
Transgenic Crops IV. 2007. (Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, Volume 59). 8 col. illustr. 28 b/w illustr. XX, 476 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
Deals with cereals, vegetables, root crops, herbs and spices. Section Iis an introductory chapter on the impact of plant biotechnology inagriculture. Section II focuses on cereals (rice, wheat, maize, rye,pearl millet, barley, oats), while Section III is directed to vegetablecrops (tomato, cucumber, eggplant, lettuce, chickpea, common beans and cowpeas, carrot, radish). Root crops (potato, cassava, sweet potato,sugar beet) are included in Section IV, with herbs and spices (sweet andhot peppers, onion, garlic and related species, mint) in Section V.