Originally published in 1990, Onions and Allied Crops, is a comprehensive account of the edible allium, examined across three volumes. The collection examines the major economic and dietary importance of edible alliums in most countries, and brings together contributions from experts across multiple disciplines, including food scientists, economists, agriculturalists and biochemists. The books address selection and breeding of locally adapted cultivars and the development of cultural techniques, allowing for cultivation across the tropics, to the sub-arctic regions. As such the collection examines the allium as a major agricultural asset and the impact this has had on many economies. In this third volume, the analysis and focus is upon biochemistry, food science and minor crops. This volume will be of use and of interest to food scientists, economists, agriculturalists and biochemists alike.

1. Carbohydrate Biochemistry, B. Darbyshire and B.T. Steer

2. Chemical Composition, Roger G. Fenwick and A.B. Hanley

3. Flavor Biochemistry, Jane E. Lancaster and Michael J. Boland

4. Processing of Alliums: Use in Food Manufacture, Roger G. Fenwick and A.B. Hanley

5. Therapeutic and Medicinal Values of Onions and Garlic, K.T. Augusti

6. Garlic (Allium Sativum), Hideaki Takagi

7. Garlic Agronomy, J.L. Brewster and Haim D. Rabinowitch

8. Japanese Bunching Onion (Allium Fistulosum L.), H. Inden and T. Asahira

9. Leek (Allium Ampeloprasum var. Porrum), Q.P. van der Meer and Peter Hanelt

10. Rakkyo (Allium Chinense) G. Don, Masao Toyama and Izumi Wakamiya

11. Chinese Chives (Allium Tuberosum), Susumu Saito

12. Chives, (Allium Schoenoprasum), Neils I. Poulsen

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