TROPICAL ROOT AND TUBER CROPS - Hardcover

9788177541991: TROPICAL ROOT AND TUBER CROPS

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ISBN 10: 8177541994 ISBN 13: 9788177541991

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Publication date: 2006
Language: English
ISBN 10: 8177541994
ISBN 13: 9788177541991
Binding: Hardcover

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Tropical Root and Tuber Crops : Cassava Tapioca: Sweet Potato Aroids Yams Yam Bean Coleus

R C Mandal

Published by Agrobios, Jodhpur, 2006

ISBN 10: 8177541994 ISBN 13: 9788177541991

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Hardbound. Condition: As New. New. Contents Cassava (Manihot Spp.) 1. Cassava (Manihot Spp.). 2. Origin and geographical distribution (Manihot Spp.). 3. Cassava Botany. 4. Cassava Cytogenetics. 5. Cassava Improvement strategy. 6. Cassava Physiology. 7. Cassava Microbial system. 8. Cassava climate and soil. 9. Cassava Agro techniques. 10. Cassava Water management. 11. Cassava Based cropping system. 12. Cassava Harvesting and yield. 13. Cassava Area production and productivity. 14. Cassava Diseases. 15. Cassava Pests. 16. Cassava Composition of tuber and leaf. 17. Cassava Toxic principles cyanogenic glucoside. 18. Cassava Utilization of tapioca. 19. Cassava Post harvest deterioration preservation and shelf life. 20. Cassava Marketing and trade. Cassava selected references. Sweet Potato 1. Sweet potato introduction. 2. Sweet potato Botany. 3. Sweet potato Cytogenetics. 4. Sweet potato Improvement strategy. 5. Sweet Potato Physiology. 6. Sweet Potato Climate and Soil. 7. Sweet Potato Agro techniques. 8. Sweet Potato Area production and productivity. 9. Sweet Potato Diseases. 10. Sweet Potato Pests. 11. Sweet Potato Composition of tubers. Aroids 1. Aroids Introduction. 2. Coco Yams Botany. 3. Coco Yams Cytogenetics. 4. Coco Yams Improvement strategy. 5. Coco Yams climate and soil. 6. Coco Yams Agro techniques. 7. Aroids Area production and productivity. 8. Aroids Diseases. 9. Aroids Pests. 10. Coco Yams composition and utilization. 11. Elephant Foot Yam (Amorphophallus Campanulatu (Roxb.) Blume). 12. Elephant Foot Yam Agro techniques. 13. Amorphophallus Diseases. 14. Amophophallus Pests. 15. Amorphophallus Harvest and yield. 16. Amorphophallus Chemical Composition. Yams (Dioscorea Spp.) 1. Yams (Dioscorea Spp.). 2. Yams Botany. 3. Yams Cytogenetics. 4. Descriptors for dioscorea Alata. 5. Yams Climate and soil. 6. Yams Agro techniques. 7. Yams World area production and productivity. 8. Yams Diseases. 9. Yam Pests. 10. Yams Chemical Composition. 11. Yams Utilisation. 12. Yam Problems of production. Minor tuber crops 1. Minor tuber crops. 2. Coleus Agro techniques. References. The pressure on demand for food by rapid growth of human population stressed the importance of tropical root and tuber as non conventional food in the diet especially of lower income groups in developing countries. These root and tuber crops include Cassava and sweet potato (root tubers) aroids yam coleus (stem tuber) which are considered as staple foods for the tropical and subtropical regions like Africa Caribbeans South America India and South East Asia. The tropical root and tuber crops have within the past decades increased in both local and international importance by the research workers agriculturists various agriculture colleges and institutions. The book includes various aspects like origin geographical distribution cytogenetics important strategy physiology biotechnology methods for improvement microbial system agro techniques water management diseases insect pest chemical composition toxic principles utilization post harvest deterioration marketing and trade and selected references for each crop etc. 360 pp. Seller Inventory # 63766

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