Tropical Root And Tuber Crops
Tropical Root and Tuber Crops Cassava (Tapioca), Sweet Potato, Aroids, Yam, Yam bean, Coleus. 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 systems, 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.
This has been written as a reference book for the agriculturists, research workers and a text book at the undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Mandal RC
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Table of Contents..
SECTION I - CASSAVA (MANIHOT SPP.)
- Cassava (Manihot Spp.)
- Origin and Geographical Distribution (Manihot Spp.)
- Cassava: Botany
- Cassava: Cytogenetics
- Cassava: Improvement Strategy
- Cassava: Physiology
- Cassava: Microbial System
- Cassava: Climate and Soil
- Cassava: Agro-Techniques
- Cassava: Water Management
- Cassava: Based Cropping System
- Cassava: Harvesting and Yield
- Cassava: Area, Production and Productivity
- Cassava: Diseases
- Cassava: Pests
- Cassava: Composition of Tuber and Leaf
- Cassava: Toxic Principles - Cyanogenic Glucoside
- Cassava: Utilization of Tapioca
- Cassava: Post-Harvest Deterioration, Preservation and Shelf-Life
- Cassava: Marketing and Trade
- Cassava: Selected References
SECTION II - SWEET POTATO
- Sweet Potato: Introduction
- Sweet Potato: Botany
- Sweet Potato: Cytogenetics
- Sweet Potato: Improvement Strategy
- Sweet Potato: Physiology
- Sweet Potato: Climate and Soil
- Sweet Potato: Agro-Techniques
- Sweet Potato: Area, Production and Productivity
- Sweet Potato: Diseases
- Sweet Potato: Pests
- Sweet Potato: Composition of Tubers
SECTION III - AROIDS
- Aroids: Introduction
- Coco-Yams: Botany
- Coco-Yams: Cytogenetics
- Coco-Yams: Improvement Strategy
- Coco-Yams: Climate and Soil
- Coco-Yams: Agro-Techniques
- Aroids: Area, Production and Productivity
- Aroids: Diseases
- Aroids: Pests
- Coco-Yams: Composition and Utilization
- Elephant-Food-Yam (Amorphophallus campanulatu (Roxb.) Blume)
- Eleplant-Foot-Yam: Agro-Techniques
- Amorphophallus: Diseases
- Amophophallus: Pests
- Amorphophallus: Harvest and Yield
- Amorphophallus: Chemical Composition
SECTION IV - YAMS (DIOSCOREA SPP.)
- Yams (Dioscorea Spp.)
- Yams: Botany
- Yams: Cytogenetics
- Descriptors for Dioscorea alata
- Yams: Climate and Soil
- Yams: Agro-Techniques
- Yams: World Area, Production and Productivity
- Yams: Diseases
- Yam: Pests
- Yams: Chemical Composition
- Yams: Utilisation
- Yam: Problems of Production
SECTION V - MINOR TUBER CROPS
- Minor Tuber Crops
- Coleus: Agro-Techniques
- References
Book Details
Book Title:
Tropical Root And Tuber Crops
Tropical Root And Tuber Crops
Book Type:
TEXT-CUM-REFERENCES BOOK
TEXT-CUM-REFERENCES BOOK
No Of Pages:
384
384
Color Pages :
0
0
Color Pages :
0
0
Book Size:
DEMY (5.5X8.5)
DEMY (5.5X8.5)
Weight:
600 Gms
600 Gms
Copyright Holder:
All Rights Reserved
All Rights Reserved
Imprint:
M/s AGROBIOS (INDIA)
M/s AGROBIOS (INDIA)
Readership:
PG STUDENTS | SCIENTISTS AND RESEARCHERS | UG STUDENTS |
PG STUDENTS | SCIENTISTS AND RESEARCHERS | UG STUDENTS |