Peppers

Botany, Production and Uses

Edited by Vincent M. Russo
Hardback
March 2012
9781845937676
More details
  • Publisher
    CABI
  • Published
    13th March 2012
  • ISBN 9781845937676
  • Language English
  • Pages 300 pp.
  • Size 6.875" x 9.75"
  • Images 81 illus
$206.40

The group of plants known as "peppers" is diverse, containing types that contribute to the fresh and processed food markets, as well as varieties that are used in pharmaceuticals and other non-food commercial products. Peppers originally developed in tropical regions, but are now grown and used in every country where it is possible to grow them, including in areas where production is difficult.

This book examines peppers from historical, genetic, physiological and production perspectives, following the development of the cultivated crop from the wild type. Diverse examples of pod types and their variation in pungency are examined. Production methods, including the importance of fertilization and irrigation are discussed, as are constraints on, including pests, pathogens and weeds. Harvesting methods and post-harvest challenges and opportunities are also explored.

1. Ethnobotany
2. The Taxonomy of the Genus Capsicum
3. Genetics
4. Greenhouse production
5. Tissue culture of the Capsicum Species
6. Transplant production
7. Transplanters for use in pepper production
8. Stand establishment
9. Pepper Fertilization and Irrigation Management
10. Cropping systems for Field Production
11. Salt tolerance in Pepper (Capsicum spp.)
12. Organic pepper production
13. Physiology of metabolites
14. Weed Control
15. Crown and Root Diseases of Pepper
16. Pepper Insects and thier Control
17. Pepper Harvest Technology
18. Postharvest Requirements of Peppers
19. Greenhouse Pepper Production Economics

Vincent M. Russo

Vincent M. Russo is Research Leader and Research Plant Physiologist, USDA/ARS, South Central Agricultural Research Laboratory, USA.