Sorghum (Tropical Agriculture) (Tropical Agriculture S) - Hardcover

Doggett, Hugh

9780582463455: Sorghum (Tropical Agriculture) (Tropical Agriculture S)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0582463459 ISBN 13: 9780582463455

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 1995

... a very thorough work, drawing on experience of sorghum growing around the world and containing pretty well everything about the crop that anyone could usefully wish to know." International Agricultural Development;; This book provides basic information on the sorghum crop from both an agricultural and a botanical point of view, covering the world production, classification and probable history of the crop. It deals systematically with morphology, reproduction, development, cytology, genetics and physiology and also includes information on crop improvement.

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Synopsis:

The "Tropical Agriculture Series" is directed towards research workers, agricultural advisors and all those professionally involved in tropical agronomy. The books are also intended to provide a review of the field for university teachers and students of agriculture. The present volume deals with sorghum, which is now a major food crop in Africa and India, and an important livestock feed in the Americas. In this work, the author has provided basic informaion on the crop from both an agricultural and a botanical point of view, covering the world production, classification and probable history of the crop. Morphology, reproduction, development, cytology, genetics and physiology are all covered together with information on crop improvement. Doggett cites achievements both in national programmes and in plant breeding. An explanation of crop loss, witchweeds, birds, pests and diseases is given, and the utilization of the sorghum plant and grain is also described. The work is intended to be a reference guide for plantation owners and extension workers as well as for students of botany and agriculture.

About the Author:

Hugh Doggett is the author of Sorghum, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

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