Peppers : botany, production and uses / edited by Vincent M. Russo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Russo, Vincent M.

C.A.B. International.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peppers.

Peppers--Utilization.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 280 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, [2012]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book (19 chapters) on pepper (Capsicum spp.) provides an overview of current research on ethnobotany, taxonomy, genetics, greenhouse production, tissue culture, transplant production, transplanters used in pepper production, stand establishment, fertilizer application and irrigation management, cropping systems, salt tolerance, organic production, metabolites, weed control, crown and root diseases, insect pests, harvesting technology, postharvest requirements, and greenhouse production economics.

Contents:

Ethnobotany / Linda Perry

The Taxonomy of the Genus Capsicum / W. Hardy Eshbaugh

Genetics / John R. Stommel and Elena Albrecht

Greenhouse Production / Wei-Chin Lin and Mikal Saltveit

Tissue Culture of Capsicum Species / N. Santana-Buzzy, J.J. Bello-Bello, L. Iglesias-Andreu, J.J. Zúñiga Aguilar, A. Canto-Flick, S.A. Avilés-Viñas, C.A. Lecona-Guzmán, D. Solís-Marroquín, E. Gómez-Uc, E. Balam-Uc, G.F. Arcos-Ortega, and J.O. Mijangos-Cortés

Transplant Production / Timothy L. Grey and Theodore M. Webster

Transplanters for Use in Pepper Production / G.V. Prasanna Kumar and Hifjur Raheman

Stand Establishment / Daniel I. Leskovar and Brian A. Kahn

Pepper Fertilization and Irrigation Management / Bielinski M. Santos

Cropping Systems for Field Production / Brian A. Kahn and Daniel I. Leskovar

Salt Tolerance in Pepper (Capsicum spp.) / Genhua Niu

Organic Pepper Production / Monica Ozores-Hampton, Pamela Roberts and Philip A. Stansly

Physiology of Metabolites / Amy Frary and Anne Frary

Weed Control / Charles L. Webber III

Crown and Root Diseases of Pepper / Cheng-Hua Huang and Gary E. Vallad

Pepper Insects and their Control / Gerald M. Ghidiu and Thomas P. Kuhar

Pepper Harvest Technology / Paul A. Funk and Dale E. Marshall

Postharvest Requirements of Peppers / María Isabel Gil and Juan Antonio Tudela

Greenhouse Pepper Production Economics / G. Nabi Chaudhary and Mohyuddin Mirza.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Peppers.

ISBN:

1-84593-767-8

OCLC:

778372994

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.