fot. byn, il., tbls., mapas, diagr. Contents: - Nomenclature in the ornamental seed-trade. - Intellectual property rights and plants. - Registration of plant names. - Principles of cultivated plant classification. - Modern techniques in breeding and taxonomy. - Horticultural and agricultural biodiversity databases. - The cultivar - definition and recognition. - Case studies in the taxonomy of cultivated plants. - Plant and germplasm collections. - DNA fingerprinting and other molecular techniques - Genetically modified crops.

Taxonomy of cultivated plants is an indispensable reference for growers, breeders, scientists and everyone involved with the marketing and legislation of cultivated plants and the impact of copyright on the horticultural industry.