Successful seed supplies are essential for maintaining adequate vegetable production and availability. Vegetables are vital food security for many subsistence farmers and their dependants in developing countries. In developed countries, vegetable production industries are placing increased emphasis on a supply of high quality seeds. This second edition provides a full update since the previous edition (Longmans, 1985): - Includes examples of vegetable seed projects in developed and developing countries - Provides detailed descriptions of vegetable seed production arranged in taxonomic families - Lists organizations concerned with vegetable seed quality, research and development - Is essential reading for university students, technicians and practitioners of vegetable seed production in both developed and developing countries.
- ISBN10 0582460905
- ISBN13 9780582460904
- Publish Date May 1985
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 24 October 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pearson Education Limited
- Imprint Longman
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 332
- Language English