CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1 THE CLASSIFICATION, ORIGINS, DISTRIBUTION AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF THE MAJOR VEGETABLE CROPS -- Classification of Alliums -- Distribution and Ecology -- The Types, History and Evolution of the Edible Crops -- Economic Importance -- 2 THE STRUCTURE OF EDIBLE ALLIUMS -- Visible Growth Stages -- Outline of the Overall Plant Structure -- The Structure of the Vegetative Shoot Apex -- Stem Structure -- Bulb Structure -- Foliage Leaf Structure -- The Root System -- Inflorescence and Flower Structure and Development -- Seeds -- 3 THE GENETICS AND PLANT BREEDING OF ALLIUM CROPS -- Introduction -- The Chromosomes -- Breeding Systems -- Genetics -- Genetic Linkage Maps -- Genomics -- Hybrid Vigour -- Genetic Male Sterility and Hybrid Breeding -- Techniques of Breeding and Cultivar Improvement -- Pollination Control in Breeding -- Breeding Objectives in Edible Alliums -- Selection Methods and Environmental Influences -- Genetic Transformation of Alliums -- Breeding for Disease and Pest Resistance -- Conclusions -- 4 PHYSIOLOGY OF CROP GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND YIELD -- Fundamental Determinants of Yield -- Agronomic Factors Influencing Bulb Onion Yields -- Seed Viability, Germination and Emergence -- Vegetative Growth -- Onion Bulbing -- Models for Onion Growth and Bulbing -- Physiology and Environmental Control of Flowering -- Interrelations of Growth, Flowering and Bulbing in Onion -- Shallots -- Wakegi Onion -- Garlic -- Leek -- Japanese Bunching Onion -- Rakkyo -- Chives -- Chinese Chives -- Concluding Remarks -- 5 INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER ORGANISMS: WEEDS, PESTS, DISEASES AND SYMBIONTS -- Introduction -- Weeds and Weed Control -- Arthropod Pests -- Nematode Pests -- Viral Diseases -- Bacterial Diseases -- Fungal Leaf Diseases -- Fungal Diseases Infecting from the Soil -- Fungal Diseases of Stored Bulbs -- Mycorrhizal Fungi.

6 AGRONOMY AND CROP PRODUCTION -- Onion Production -- Seed Production -- Garlic Production -- Leek Production -- Japanese Bunching Onion Production -- Chive Production -- Chinese Chives Production -- 7 CROP STORAGE AND DORMANCY -- Bulb Crop Storage and Dormancy -- Garlic Dormancy and Storage -- Leek Storage -- Green Onion Storage -- 8 BIOCHEMISTRY, HEALTH BENEFITS AND FOOD SCIENCE OF ALLIUMS -- The Biochemistry of Flavour -- Carbohydrate Biochemistry -- Flavonoids -- Medicinal Effects of Alliums -- Processed Products from Alliums -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Colour Plate.