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 15 (Page no: 264)
Gramineae.
This chapter describes the cultivars, soil pH and nutrient requirements, sowing, spacing, irrigation, flowering, pollination, isolation distance, roguing stages, hybrid seed production, harvesting, seed yield, 1000-grain weight, insect pests and seed-borne pathogens of
Zea mays (sweetcorn, corn on the cob, vegetable maize).
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: 11 (Page no: 181)
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Leguminosae.
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: 16 (Page no: 270)
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Amaranthaceae and Malvaceae.
Author(s):
George, R. A. T.
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