Horticultural Reviews, Volume 25

Horticultural Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on topics in the horticultural sciences. The emphasis is on applied topics including the production of fruits, vegetables, nut crops, and ornamental plants of commercial importance. These articles perform the valuable function of collecting, comparing, and contrasting the primary journal literature in order to form an overview of the topic.Content:
Chapter 1 Amaryllidaceae: Geophytic Growth, Development, and Flowering (pages 1–70): Karen I. Theron and A. A. De Hertogh
Chapter 2 History of the Cultivar?Groups of Cucurbita pepo (pages 71–170): Harry S. Paris
Chapter 3 Steroidal Alkaloids in Solanaceous Vegetable Crops (pages 171–196): Zhenbang Chen and A. Raymond Miller
Chapter 4 Factors Affecting Weight Loss of Apples (pages 197–234): Kate M. Maguire, Nigel H. Banks and Linus U. Opara
Chapter 5 Processing Technology of the Table Olive (pages 235–260): Suzanne Colmagro, Graham Collins and Margaret Sedgley