This book examines the development of innovative modern methodologies towards augmenting conventional plant breeding, in individual crops, for the production of

Vegetables are important constituents of our healthy diet and provide more profits to the growers. Crop improvement is the most satisfying method of increasing

The book has been written in a very simple and easily understandable language. The information given in this book is based on systematically and scientifically

This major work has but one aim: to provide breeders and researchers from the public and private sectors with all the latest information on the breeding of crop

This first volume of the Handbook of Plant Breeding book series is devoted to vegetable crops breeding. Each chapter is dedicated to a major vegetable crop. Eac