Chinese Cabbage (Proceedings of the First International Symposium, 1981)

xii, 590pp. Bound in blue cloth with gilt titles front and spine (gently rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends, call number label on spine). An ex library copy with usual markings on endpapers and discreet stamp on copyright page, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Proceedings of the first ever international conference on Chinese Cabbage, which has been cultivated in China for many centuries. The conference was devoted to assessing the state of research and development of the Chinese Cabbage and its potential to be grown and commercially successful in a wider region. Mainly consists of a series of articles and papers presented at the conference. Titles include: The Origin, Evolution, Taxonomy ad Hybridization of Chinese Cabbage; Studies in Downy Mildew of Chinese Cabbage; Management of Summer Chinese Cabbage in Taiwan; Historical Observations on the Cultivar Development of Chinese Cabbage in Korea; A Simple Breeding System; Methods of Breeding for Multiple Disease Resistant Chinese Cabbage; Breeding for Clubroot Resistance; Hybrid Seed Production; and many, many more. 4to. .