Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties: The Gardener's and Farmer's Guide to Plant Breeding and Seed Saving, 2nd Edition
- ISBN-10
- 1890132721
- ISBN-13
- 9781890132729
- Category
- Gardening
- Pages
- 386
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-11-01
- Publisher
- Chelsea Green Publishing
- Author
- Carol Deppe
Description
"[Book title] is the definitive guide to plant breeding and seed saving for the serious home gardener and the small-scale farmer or commercial grower. Discover: how to breed for a wide range of different traits (flavor, size, shape, or color; cold or heat tolerance; pest and disease resistance; and regional adaptation); how to save seed and maintain varieties; how to conduct your own variety trials and other farm- or garden-based research; how to breed for performance under organic or sustainable growing methods."--Back cover.
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Other editions
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- 1993
- 303 pages
- Paperback
- Little Brown & Company
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