| Breeding of Neglected and Under-Utilized Crops, Spices, and Herbs Contributor(s): Ochatt, Sergio (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1578085098 ISBN-13: 9781578085095 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $228.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Agronomy - General - Science | Life Sciences - General |
| Dewey: 631.57 |
| LCCN: 2006051257 |
| Physical Information: 468 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book includes 20 different chapters, where the authors have addressed various aspects of the cultivation, taxonomy, socio-economic importance and breeding and development as applied to neglected and underutilized crops. The first chapter deals with the more general aspects of the cultivation and propagation of these crops, thirteen chapters concentrate on specific neglected crops, nine of which focus on seed propagated crops and the remaining four on vegetative propagated ones, while the last five chapters describe the uses, importance, propagation and improvement of neglected and under-utilized crops from different regions of the world. |