Vegetable Seed Production
| AUTHOR | George, Raymond A. T. |
| PUBLISHER | Cab International (10/14/2009) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
Description
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.
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ISBN-13:
9781845935214
ISBN-10:
1845935217
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Unsewn / Adhesive Bound)
Content Language:
English
Edition Number:
0003
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Page Count:
328
Carton Quantity:
20
Product Dimensions:
6.90 x 1.00 x 9.70 inches
Weight:
2.00 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Table of Contents,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
GB
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Agronomy - Crop Science
Technology & Engineering | Life Sciences - Horticulture
Dewey Decimal:
635.042
Library of Congress Control Number:
2009015985
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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.
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Author:
George, Raymond A. T.
Raymond A. T. George has spent a lifetime in agronomy specialising in seed production. Following four years at Cambridge University Botanic Garden he moved to the NVRS, Wellesbourne as an Experimental Officer in the Plant Breeding Section for seven years. He then worked as an Advisory Officer for four years prior a lecturing and research appointment in crop production at the University of Bath where he supervised a team of research postgraduates studying seed production. He was seconded to The UN FAO in 1976 and worked on seed projects in Asia. Following his return to Bath University he was appointed Senior Lecturer in Crop Production and also continued to make consultancy missions for FAO, mainly concerned with seed production in Africa, Asia, South Pacific and the Indian Sub-Continent. Following retirement from Bath he continued consultancy and editorial work for FAO's Seed Service until 2010. He continues to write on seed production and associated topics.
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