Cucurbits

Cucurbits

by Wehner, Todd C.

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"Completely updated with new content and full-colour figures throughout, this new edition provides succinct and authoritative knowledge relating to the production of cucurbits, including cucumbers, gourds, muskmelons, pumpkins, squashes and watermelons, and reflects on significant recent advances in the areas of production, breeding and evolution"--

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Cucurbits / Todd C. Wehner, North Carolina State University, Department of Horticultural Science, Raleigh, NC, Rachel Naegele, USDA ARS, SJVASC, James Myers, Oregon State University, Department of Horticulture, Corvallis, OR, Narinder P.S. Dhillon, World Vegetable Center, East and Southeast Asia, Kasetsart University, Kamphaenng Saen, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, Kevin Crosby, Texas A & M University, Department of Horticultural Sciences, College Station, TX.

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"Completely updated with new content and full-colour figures throughout, this new edition provides succinct and authoritative knowledge relating to the production of cucurbits, including cucumbers, gourds, muskmelons, pumpkins, squashes and watermelons, and reflects on significant recent advances in the areas of production, breeding and evolution"--

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2020
  • Edition:Second edition

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):CAB International
  • Place of Publication:Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2020

Notes

Revised edition of: Cucurbits / R.W. Robinson and D.S. Decker-Walters. ©1997.

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  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781786392930, 1786392933, 9781786392923, 1786392925
  • oclc:on1154851306
  • LC Classification:SB351.C8
  • Dewey Decimal:635/.63

Table of Contents

1. What are cucurbits? -- 2. Crop evolution and diversity -- 3. Breeding and genetics -- 4. Major crops -- 5. Minor crops -- 6. Cultural requirements -- 7. Fruit and seed production -- 8. Cucurbits for human health -- 9. Diseases and nematodes -- 10. Insects and spider mites -- 11. Abiotic stresses -- Appendix. Common cucurbit names and their scientific name equivalents -- References -- Index

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Subjects

Cucurbitaceae Cucurbitacées

Writers

Wehner, Todd C.

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