Peppers—Vegetable and Spice Capsicums

Bosland (horticulture, New Mexico State U.-Las Cruces) and Votava, head of a Texas seed company, integrate information that has emerged over the past decade into the second edition of their guide to the capsicums. They discuss taxonomy, pod types, and genetic resources; botany; seeds; genetics, plant breeding, and biotechnology; chemical composition; production; harvesting; post-harvest handling; and disorders, diseases, and pests. The information might interest home gardeners, but is of a detail that would be of most use to professionals in agriculture or food. Distributed in the US by Stylus Publishing. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)