CABI Book Chapter
Vegetable seed production.
Description
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 modifi...
Chapter 11 (Page no: 181)
Leguminosae.
This chapter describes the origin, morphological types, cultivars, soil pH and nutrient requirements, irrigation, sowing, flowering, pollination, isolation distance, roguing stages, harvesting, combining, seed yield, 1000-grain weight, and seed-borne pathogens of
Pisum sativum sensu lato (pea, garden pea),
Phaseolus vulgaris (dwarf bean, French bean, green bean, snap bean),
Phaseolus coccineus (runner bean, scarlet runner bean),
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (goa bean, winged bean),
Vicia faba (broad bean, field bean, faba bean), and
Voandzeia subterranea [
Vigna subterranea] (Bambara groundnut, earth bean).
Other chapters from this book
| Chapter: 1 (Page no: 1)
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Organization.
Author(s):
George, R. A. T.
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| Chapter: 2 (Page no: 37)
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Principles of seed production.
Author(s):
George, R. A. T.
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| Chapter: 3 (Page no: 50)
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Agronomy.
Author(s):
George, R. A. T.
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| Chapter: 4 (Page no: 75)
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Harvesting and processing.
Author(s):
George, R. A. T.
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| Chapter: 5 (Page no: 91)
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Storage.
Author(s):
George, R. A. T.
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| Chapter: 6 (Page no: 104)
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Seed handling, quality control and distribution.
Author(s):
George, R. A. T.
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| Chapter: 7 (Page no: 116)
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Chenopodiaceae.
Author(s):
George, R. A. T.
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| Chapter: 8 (Page no: 129)
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Asteraceae (formerly Compositae).
Author(s):
George, R. A. T.
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| Chapter: 9 (Page no: 140)
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Cruciferae.
Author(s):
George, R. A. T.
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| Chapter: 10 (Page no: 162)
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Cucurbitaceae.
Author(s):
George, R. A. T.
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| Chapter: 12 (Page no: 202)
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Solanaceae.
Author(s):
George, R. A. T.
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| Chapter: 13 (Page no: 226)
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Apiaceae (formerly Umbelliferae).
Author(s):
George, R. A. T.
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| Chapter: 14 (Page no: 251)
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Alliaceae.
Author(s):
George, R. A. T.
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| Chapter: 15 (Page no: 264)
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Gramineae.
Author(s):
George, R. A. T.
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| Chapter: 16 (Page no: 270)
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Amaranthaceae and Malvaceae.
Author(s):
George, R. A. T.
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