The first volume of the Handbook of Plant Breeding book series, Vegetables I is devoted to vegetable crops breeding. It contains a comprehensive review of the diversity, breeding techniques, and use of the most advanced molecular techniques in the genetic improvement of these crops.

This significant work will be high on every horticulturalist's Christmas list. It is a major work with 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. What's more, 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 Focused on practice with special emphasis on standardizing chemotherapy protocols

Practice-relevant information on supportive treatment measures

Flow charts on therapy planning

Precise information on how to proceed in emergency situations in the fields of hematology and oncology

Standard procedures for invasive therapies

Therapy protocols for the treatment of leukemia, lymphomas and solid tumors, provided in table formthis subject this one contains the most cutting-edge information on molecular breeding techniques. Readers can benefit from having in a single book the most relevant information for the genetic improvement of the most important vegetable crops.

A comprehensive reference on major vegetable crops The only complete resource for plant breeders that includes the most recent molecular techniques being used across species

Inhalt
Family Asteraceae (=Compositae).- Chicory and Endive.- Globe Artichoke and Cardoon.- Lettuce.- Family Brassicaceae (=Cruciferae).- Cabbage and Kale.- Cauliflower and Broccoli.- Family Chenopodiaceae.- Spinach.- Table Beet.- Family Cucurbitaceae.- Cucumber.- Melon.- Pumpkin and Winter Squash.- Summer Squash.- Watermelon.