This chapter describes the domestication of potato crop, as well as its introduction in Europe and cultivation in North America and Ireland. The breeding and cultivation of new cultivars for resistance to potato late blight are also discussed. The collections of potato and wild potatoes and...

Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) is an annual legume crop cultivated in India, the Mediterranean region, China, parts of Africa, Europe and Australia and, in recent years, in North America. Although traditionally used as a spice crop, fenugreek has important medicinal and nutraceutical...

This chapter presents examples of seed production areas (including parts of North America, especially the Pacific Northwest, northern Italy, Hungary and parts of Australasia), which have established based on agroclimatic and soil conditions, and the modification of the environment by using shelter...