Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties: The Gardener's and Farmer's Guide to Plant Breeding and Seed Saving, 2nd Edition
by Carol Deppe
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All gardeners and farmers should be plant breeders, says author Carol Deppe. Developing new vegetable varieties doesn't require a specialized education, a lot of land, or even a lot of time. It can be done on any scale. It's enjoyable. It's deeply rewarding. You can get useful new varieties much faster than you might suppose. And you can eat your mistakes. Authoritative and easy-to-understand, Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties: The Gardener's and Farmer's Guide to Plant Breeding and Seed show more Saving is the only 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 In this one-size-fits-all world of multinational seed companies, plant patents, and biotech monopolies, more and more gardeners and farmers are recognizing that they need to "take back their seeds." They need to save more of their own seed, grow and maintain the best traditional and regional varieties, and develop more of their own unique new varieties. Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties: The Gardener's and Farmer's Guide to Plant Breeding and Seed Saving shows the way, and offers an exciting introduction to a whole new gardening adventure. show lessTags
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Take this review with a grain of salt, as I haven't actually tried to breed any of my own vegetable varieties yet. That said, it's a fascinating read and having read it, I feel like I have a handle on how to go about attempting to do so. Deppe gives a good mix of clearly explained theory and interesting case studies of amateur plant breeding in action.
I have read reviews on amazon by people who were frustrated by the lack of detail for one type of vegetable or another. Personally, I was just thrilled to find a single book laying the foundations out more clearly.
I have read reviews on amazon by people who were frustrated by the lack of detail for one type of vegetable or another. Personally, I was just thrilled to find a single book laying the foundations out more clearly.
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1993
- Dedication
- This book is dedicated to Henry M. Walbrunn, beloved teacher, mentor, and friend.
- First words
- Introduction:
All our major food crops were developed by amateurs.
Chapter 1:
Every gardener should be a plant breeder. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Chapter 15:
As soon as you begin breeding your own vegetable varieties, you begin expanding horizons.
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- Genres
- Home & Garden, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 635.0423 — Applied Science & Technology Agriculture Garden crops (Horticulture) modified standard subdivisions Cultivation, harvesting Production of seeds, bulbs, tubers, new varieties New varieties
- LCC
- SB324.7 .D47 — Agriculture Horticulture. Plant propagation. Plant breeding Plant culture
- BISAC
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- Languages
- English
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