Carrots and Related Vegetable Umbelliferae

Resource Type: 
Publication
Publication Type: 
Book
Title: 
Carrots and Related Vegetable Umbelliferae
Authors: 
Rubatzky V.E., Quiros C.F., Simon P.W.
Publication Year: 
1999
ISBN: 
9780851991290
Citation: 
Rubatzky V.E., Quiros C.F., and Simon P.W. Carrots and Related Vegetable Umbelliferae. 1999. CABI Publishing Wallingford UK
Abstract: 
This book mainly deals with carrots, celery, fennel, parsley and parsnips but also includes brief notes on coriander, chervil, skirret (Sium sisarum), dill, anise, caraway and cumin. The 8 chapters cover geographic origins and world importance, botany and taxonomy, breeding and seed production, growth and development, crop production, pests, diseases and disorders, harvesting and postharvest technology and utilization and composition. It is aimed at students of horticulture, crop science, and food science and at commercial growers.
Publisher: 
CABI Publishing
Publication Location: 
Wallingford UK