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The Handbook of Cucurbits: Growth, Cultural Practices, and Physiology contains information on cultural practices, nutrition, and physiological processes of cucurbits under both normal and stressful conditions. It presents the history and importance of cucurbit crop production as well as exhaustive information on growth responses of cucurbits to var
Completely updated with new content and full-colour figures throughout, the second edition of this successful book continues to provide complete coverage relating to the production of cucurbits, including cucumbers, gourds, muskmelons, pumpkins, squashes and watermelons. These crops are grown worldwide and represent one of the largest and most important groups of horticultural food plants. This second edition of Cucurbits provides up-to-date, succinct and authoritative knowledge on this variety of crops and reflects on significant advances in the areas of production, breeding and evolution.
The Field Identification Guide is designed to assist growers, workers, students and consultants to correctly identify pests, beneficials, diseases and disorders in cucurbits in Australia. Intended to be used as a tool in integrated pest management n cucurbits, it draws on the experience of a range of scientists and industry experts. The Field Identification Guide presents over 270 colour photographs in 147 pages of illustrations and text. It contains a comprehensive list of organisms and nutritional disorders identified as currently important to this industry. This resource is an example of practical outcomes from the AusVeg levy and Horticulture Australia.
The last two decades has been the most exciting period in cucurbit genetic, genomic, and breeding research especially for cucumber, melon, and watermelon. In addition, cucumber became the first cucurbit to be sequenced, after other field crops such as rice, sorghum, soybean, and maize. In thirteen chapters by 34 internationally renowned scientists,
What are cucurbits; Evaluation and exploitation; genetics and breeding; major and minor crops; Cultural requirements; fruit and seed production; Diseases and nematodes; Insects and spider mites; Commom cucurbit names and their scientific name equivalents.
A unique and comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and control of diseases of cucurbits The main aim of this beautifully illustrated and practical book is to enable the reader quickly to diagnose parasitic and non-parasitic conditions in cucurbits, and to give valuable information for treating them. Containing 472 high quality colour illustrations and analytical text, this superb atlas covers cucumbers, melons, watermelons, courgettes, squash and pumpkins, among others. For each, diseases of the foliage, roots, neck, stalk and fruit are addressed. For maximum ease of use, the book is organised in two sections. The first is a diagnostic tool, devised to help observe and identify the diseases. The second part is concerned with control and contains data on parasitic micro-organisms, their biological characteristics and methods of treatment. As well as immediate measures, recommendations are included to prevent recurrence. A Colour Atlas of Cucurbit Diseases is an important resource for practitioners, scientists and students in agriculture, agronomy, biology, horticulture, mycology and plant pathology, for crop consultants, professional growers and serious gardeners. Of related interest, and also from Manson Publishing, is A Colour Atlas of Tomato Diseases, by D. Blancard.
This major work has but one aim: to provide breeders and researchers from the public and private sectors with all the latest information on the breeding of crops of economic relevance. Also, it serves as a major reference book for post-graduate courses and PhD courses on breeding vegetable crops, as well a one-stop-shop for horticulturists and extension agents interested in current advancements in the development of new vegetable crops varieties. Each chapter incorporates the most up-to-date information on the crops examined, and an important novelty is that, in comparison to other books already published on this subject this one contains the most cutting-edge information on molecular breeding techniques.