Cucurbits
"Completely updated with new content and full-colour figures throughout, this new edition provides succinct and authoritative knowledge relating to the production of cucurbits, including cucumbers, gourds, muskmelons, pumpkins, squashes and watermelons, and reflects on significant recent advanc...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Boston, MA
CAB International,
[2020]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | Crop Production Science in Horticulture Ser.
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| Online Access: | https://www.lib.tsu.ru/mminfo/2023/EBSCO/2506150.pdf |
Table of Contents:
- 1. What are cucurbits?
- 2. Crop evolution and diversity
- 3. Breeding and genetics
- 4. Major crops
- 5. Minor crops
- 6. Cultural requirements
- 7. Fruit and seed production
- 8. Cucurbits for human health
- 9. Diseases and nematodes
- 10. Insects and spider mites
- 11. Abiotic stresses
- Appendix. Common cucurbit names and their scientific name equivalents
- References
- Index.