Cucurbits (Wehner Professor Todd C (North Carolina State University USA))(Paperback / softback)

Completely updated with new content and full-color 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. This new edition:
- Contains new chapters on abiotic stresses and cucurbits for health
- Includes major updates in research on the evolution, movement and distribution of species
- Explores new genetic resources and breeding advancements
- Delivers current information on
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