Plant Breeding for the Home Gardener: How to Create Unique Vegetables and Flowers

Tychonievich, Joseph

ISBN 10: 1604693649 / ISBN 13: 9781604693645

Published by Timber Pr, 2013

About this Item

216 pages. 9.00x5.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # 1604693649

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Plant Breeding for the Home Gardener: How to Create Unique Vegetables and Flowers
• Publisher: Timber Pr
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1604693649
• ISBN 13: 9781604693645
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.33 kilograms

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Synopsis

Brighter zinnias, fragrant carnations, snappier green beans

Plant Breeding for the Home Gardener makes it easier than ever to breed and grow your own varieties of vegetables and flowers. This comprehensive and accessible guide explains how to decide what to breed, provides simple explanations on how to cross plants, and features a basic primer on genetics and advanced techniques. Case studies provide breeding examples for favorite plants like daffodils, hollyhocks, roses, sweet corn, and tomatoes.

About the Author

Joseph Tychonievich studied horticulture, plant breeding, and genetics at the Ohio State University and was the nursery manager at Arrowhead Alpines, a premier rock garden nursery in Fowlerville, Michigan. He is also the editor of Rock Garden Quarterly. Organic Gardening Magazine called him one of “six young horticulturalists who are helping to shape how America gardens.”