Onions and Other Vegetable Alliums. 2nd rev. ed. 2008. (Crop production Science in Horticulture,15). XII, 432 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.

This fully revised, expanded and updated edition relates the productionand utilization of these familiar and important vegetable crops to themany aspects of plant science underpinning their production and storagetechnologies. Chapters cover species and crop types, plant structure,genetics and breeding, physiology of growth and development as well as pests and diseases, production agronomy, storage after harvest and thebiochemistry of flavour, storage carbohydrates and colour and how thisrelates to nutritional and health benefits. From this wide perspectiveit is possible to see many examples where underlying scientificknowledge illuminates, explains and can improve agronomic practice. Thereader will get an insight into how molecular methods arerevolutionizing the study of taxonomy, genetics, pathology and physiology and how these methods are being applied in the breeding ofimproved crops.