Successful seed supplies are vital in maintaining vegetable production and availability, and for ensuring food security for many subsistence farmers in developing countries. Providing a broad and expert coverage of the horticultural production of vegetables grown from seed, this fully updated new edition includes new coverage of the production of genetically modified crops, organic seed production, packaging, and honey bee population, as well as updated references and further reading. It is an essential text for horticulturists, researchers, seed scientists, vegetable producers, students, technicians and practitioners in vegetable seed production in both developed and developing countries.
1 Organization
2 Principles of seed production
3 Agronomy
4 Harvesting and processing
5 Storage
6 Seed handling, quality control and distribution
7 Chenopodiaceae
8 Asteraceae (formerly Compositae)
9 Cruciferae
10 Cucurbitaceae
11 Leguminosae
12 Solanaceae
13 Apiaceae (formerly Umbelliferae)
14 Alliaceae
15 Gramineae
16 Amarantaceae and Malvaceae
R George, Seed Technology Consultant and Vegetable Research Consultant to FAO, Rome, formerly of FAO, Rome, Italy