Allium crop science : recent advances

Allium Crop Science: Recent Advances......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Contributors......Page 7
Abbreviations......Page 9
Introduction......Page 13
1. Evolution, Domestication and Taxonomy......Page 29
2. Florogenesis......Page 55
3. Genome Organization in Allium......Page 83
4. Exploitation of Wild Relatives for the Breeding of Cultivated Allium Species......Page 105
5. Diversity, Fertility and Seed Production of Garlic......Page 125
6. Genetic Transformation of Onions......Page 143
7. Doubled-haploid Onions......Page 169
8. Molecular Markers in Allium......Page 183
9. Agronomy of Onions......Page 211
10. Onion Pre- and Postharvest Considerations......Page 257
11. Bacterial Diseases of Onion......Page 291
12. Monitoring and Forecasting for Disease and Insect Attack in Onions and Allium Crops within IPM Strategies......Page 317
13. Virus Diseases in Garlic and the Propagation of Virus-free Plants......Page 335
14. Sulphur Compounds in Alliums in Relation to Flavour Quality......Page 353
15. Health and Alliums......Page 381
16. Onions in the Tropics: Cultivars and Country Reports......Page 403
17. Shallot (Allium cepa, Aggregatum Group)......Page 433
18. Leek: Advances in Agronomy and Breeding......Page 455
19. Ornamental Alliums......Page 483
Index......Page 517